Paolo Angeli, Roberta Volpin, Giorgio Gerunda, Raffaella Craighero, Paola Roner, Roberto Merenda, Piero Amodio, Antonietta Sticca, Lorenza Caregaro, Alvise Maffei‐Faccioli, Angelo Gatta – 30 December 2003 – The aim of the study was to verify the effects of the administration of an inhibitor of the release of endogenous vasodilators together with a vasoconstrictor agent in patients with hepatorenal syndrome (HRS). This new medical perspective was compared with a traditional medical approach for HRS, such as the infusion of nonpressor doses of dopamine to produce renal vasodilation.

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Adriano Reuben – 30 December 2003

30 December 2003

G Everson, G Bharadhwaj, R House, M Talamantes, B Bilir, R Shrestha, I Kam, M Wachs, F Karrer, B Fey, C Ray, T Steinberg, C Morgan, T P Beresford – 30 December 2003

M Benjamin – 30 December 2003

N L Ascher – 30 December 2003

D J Plevak, L C Torsher – 30 December 2003

M A Ramsay, B R Simpson, A T Nguyen, K J Ramsay, C East, G B Klintmalm – 30 December 2003 – Advanced liver disease with portal hypertension may be associated with pulmonary hypertension. A review of 1,205 consecutive liver transplant patients was made to assess the incidence and severity of pulmonary hypertension in patients with end‐stage liver disease. Postoperative data were reviewed to determine if outcome was influenced and, in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension, whether pulmonary hypertension was reversed after transplantation.

D Samuel, E Dussaix – 30 December 2003