Hepatic blood flow plays an important role in ischemia‐reperfusion injury

Dympna M. Kelly, Hiroaki Shiba, Shunichi Nakagawa, Samuel Irefin, Bijan Eghtesad, Cristiano Quintini, Federico Aucejo, Koji Hashimoto, John J. Fung, Charles Miller – 19 August 2011 – Severe ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury is associated with poor hepatic microperfusion. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of hepatic artery flow (HAF) and portal vein flow (PVF) in IR injury. From January 2004 to June 2008, 566 patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). The data were retrospectively reviewed via the transplant database.

Burden of cirrhosis on older Americans and their families: Analysis of the health and retirement study

Mina O. Rakoski, Ryan J. McCammon, John D. Piette, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Jorge A. Marrero, Anna S. Lok, Kenneth M. Langa, Michael L. Volk – 19 August 2011 – Prevalence of cirrhosis among older adults is expected to increase; therefore, we studied the health status, functional disability, and need for supportive care in a large national sample of individuals with cirrhosis. A prospective cohort of individuals with cirrhosis was identified within the longitudinal, nationally representative Health and Retirement Study.

A randomized, multicenter study comparing steroid‐free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C

Göran B. Klintmalm, Gary L. Davis, Lewis Teperman, George J. Netto, Kenneth Washburn, Stephen M. Rudich, Elizabeth A. Pomfret, Hugo E. Vargas, Robert Brown, Devin Eckhoff, Timothy L. Pruett, John Roberts, David C. Mulligan, Michael R. Charlton, Thomas G. Heffron, John M. Ham, David D. Douglas, Linda Sher, Prabhakar K. Baliga, Milan Kinkhabwala, Baburao Koneru, Michael Abecassis, Michael Millis, Linda W. Jennings, Carlos G.

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