Does reference value of “Normal Liver Stiffness” using fibroscan have a regional variation?
Ramesh Kumar, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Shiv Kumar Sarin – 15 March 2012
Cholangiocarcinoma: A cancer in search of the right classification
Vincenzo Cardinale, Guido Carpino, Lola M. Reid, Eugenio Gaudio, Domenico Alvaro – 12 March 2012
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Mina Komuta, Tania Roskams – 12 March 2012
Anesthesia for liver transplantation in US academic centers: Institutional structure and perioperative care
Ann Walia, M. Susan Mandell, Nathaniel Mercaldo, Damon Michaels, Amy Robertson, Arna Banerjee, Ramachander Pai, John Klinck, Matthew Weinger, Pratik Pandharipande, Roman Schumann – 12 March 2012 – Investigators at a single institution have shown that the organization of the anesthesia team influences patient outcomes after liver transplant surgery. Little is known about how liver transplant anesthesiologists are organized to deliver care throughout the United States.
The gut‐liver axis: A busy two‐way street
Wajahat Z. Mehal – 12 March 2012
Early bedside detection of ischemia and rejection in liver transplants by microdialysis
Håkon Haugaa, Ebbe B. Thorgersen, Anne Pharo, Kirsten M. Boberg, Aksel Foss, Pål Dag Line, Truls Sanengen, Runar Almaas, Guro Grindheim, Soeren Erik Pischke, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Tor Inge Tønnessen – 12 March 2012 – This study was performed to explore whether lactate, pyruvate, glucose, and glycerol levels sampled via microdialysis catheters in the transplanted liver could be used to detect ischemia and/or rejection. The metabolites were measured at the bedside every 1 to 2 hours after the operation for a median of 10 days.
Phenotypic fidelity (or not?) of epithelial cells in the liver
George K. Michalopoulos – 12 March 2012
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Robert P. Myers – 12 March 2012
Characteristic patterns of altered DNA methylation predict emergence of human hepatocellular carcinoma
Naoshi Nishida, Masatoshi Kudo, Takeshi Nagasaka, Iwao Ikai, Ajay Goel – 12 March 2012 – We aimed to identify the specific subset of tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) that are methylation‐silenced during the earliest steps of hepatocarcinogenesis, and to further evaluate whether these genes can serve as predictive biomarkers of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) emergence.
Gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging predicts the histological grade of hepatocellular carcinoma only in patients with child‐pugh class a cirrhosis
Hee Yeon Kim, Jong Young Choi, Chang Wook Kim, Si Hyun Bae, Seung Kew Yoon, Young Joon Lee, Sung Eun Rha, Young Kyoung You, Dong Goo Kim, Eun Sun Jung – 12 March 2012 – The aim of this study was to investigate the role of gadolinium ethoxybenzyl diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd‐EOB‐DTPA)–enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in predicting the histological grade of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) according to the hepatic function.