Response to Letter to the Editors
Francis Y. Yao, Bilal Hameed, Neil Mehta, John P. Roberts – 25 August 2014
Hepatic encephalopathy is associated with significantly increased mortality among patients awaiting liver transplantation
Robert J. Wong, Robert G. Gish, Aijaz Ahmed – 25 August 2014 – The prioritization of liver transplantation (LT) for patients with end‐stage liver disease uses the Model for End‐Stage Liver Disease (MELD), which attempts to identify the sickest patients and thereby those who are in greatest need for LT. Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is not included in MELD, and severity of liver disease and risk of wait‐list removal or wait‐list death may be underestimated by MELD in patients with HE.
Liver transplantation for hepatopulmonary syndrome
Vivek N. Iyer – 25 August 2014 – Watch a video presentation of this article
Local hypothyroidism favors the progression of preneoplastic lesions to hepatocellular carcinoma in rats
Carla Frau, Roberto Loi, Annalisa Petrelli, Andrea Perra, Silvia Menegon, Marta Anna Kowalik, Silvia Pinna, Vera Piera Leoni, Francesca Fornari, Laura Gramantieri, Giovanna Maria Ledda‐Columbano, Silvia Giordano, Amedeo Columbano – 25 August 2014 – Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are ligand‐dependent transcription factors that mediate most of the effects elicited by the thyroid hormone, 3,5,3′‐L‐triiodothyronine (T3).
Hepatology Highlights
Jean‐François Dufour – 25 August 2014
Portopulmonary hypertension: Diagnosis, clinical features, and medical therapy
Sonja D. Bartolome – 25 August 2014 – Watch a video presentation of this article
HPS: Diagnosis, clinical features, and medical therapy
Valentin Fuhrmann, Andreas Drolz, Karoline Rutter, Thomas Horvatits – 25 August 2014 – Watch a video presentation of this article
Portopulmonary hypertension: Diagnosis, clinical features, and medical therapy
Sonja D. Bartolome – 25 August 2014 – Watch a video presentation of this article
Liver transplant patients have a risk of progression similar to that of sporadic patients with branch duct intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms
Anne Marie Lennon, David Victor, Atif Zaheer, Mohammad Reza Ostovaneh, Jessica Jeh, Joanna K. Law, Neda Rezaee, Marco Dal Molin, Young Joon Ahn, Wenchuan Wu, Mouen A. Khashab, Mohit Girotra, Nita Ahuja, Martin A. Makary, Matthew J. Weiss, Kenzo Hirose, Michael Goggins, Ralph H. Hruban, Andrew Cameron, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Vikesh K. Singh, Ahmet Gurakar – 25 August 2014 – Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) have malignant potential and can progress from low‐ to high‐grade dysplasia to invasive adenocarcinoma.