Hepatic ischaemia-reperfusion injury is a serious complication but unavoidable problem in liver surgery including liver transplantation and hepatic resection. The most important consequence of this ...
Hepatic injury caused by ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) has been proposed as a key clinical problem associated with liver transplantation and major liver surgery. The production of reactive oxygen ...
... human heart with high specificity. The research could lead to a superior method of monitoring indicators of acute myocardial ischaemia, or AMI, one of the leading causes of cardiovascular failure...
... of the brachial artery as a result of increased blood flow (following a brief period of ischaemia of the upper limb) is related to endothelial function and is known to be an independent predictor of ...
Myocardial infarction is the major cause of death worldwide. With effective treatment within our grasp, accurate and rapid diagnosis is of major medical and economic importance. With the development ...
I/R injury of the small intestine is consequently a critical problem that is important. DHP-PMX therapy can remove circulating endotoxins and reduce various cytokines, even in patients with high ...
... together or in certain quantities form the basis of a far more accurate early warning test than currently in use of impending heart attack in people with severely reduced blood flow, or ischaemia...
... acute necrotising pancreatitis cannot easily reach the pancreas when administered intravenously, and, because of ischaemia or impaired microcirculation, they hardly penetrate into pancreatic tissue...
... studies, 24-h intra-oesophageal pH monitoring and a Holter electrocardiography for the differential diagnosis of chest pain caused by oesophageal dysfunctional and/or myocardial ischaemia...
Attempts to treat critical limb ischaemia in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients with below-the-knee angioplasty are still thwarted by restenosis (the re-narrowing of the artery at the site of ...
... often faced by people who've had diabetes for a long time. Reduced blood flow (ischaemia) in their limbs can lead to resting pain, trouble with wound healing and in severe cases, amputation. The ...
... (GERD). Chest pain of oesophageal origin can be difficult to distinguish from that caused by cardiac ischaemia because the distal oesophagus and the heart share a common afferent vagal supply, and ...
... , but have been unsuccessful in ischaemic ulcers, which are also resistant to other conventional treatment. Ischaemia results when the blood supply to a tissue is greatly reduced or stopped - this ...
In order to better prevent blood clots, clopidogrel can be prescribed to patients with acute ischaemia of the heart muscle, in addition to acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). The Institute for Quality and ...
The injection of bone marrow cells into the heart of patients with chronic myocardial ischaemia (reduced blood flow to some areas of the heart) was associated with modest improvements in blood flow ...