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• Prevention of variceal rebleeding.

  CONTEXT: Variceal bleeding is the most frequent severe complication of portal hypertension and a leading cause of death and liver transplantation in p…

  Authors: Jaume Bosch, Juan Carlos García-Pagán

  Source: Lancet. 2003 Mar 15

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• Evidence against a role for NADPH oxidase modulating hepatic vascular tone in cirrhosis.

  BACKGROUND & AIMS: Increased hepatic vascular resistance in cirrhosis is in part due to reduced nitric oxide (NO) bioavailability. This is related to …

  Authors: Jorge Gracia-Sancho, Bàrbara Laviña, Aina Rodríguez-Vilarrupla, Ralf P Brandes, Mercedes Fernández, Jaume Bosch, Joan-Carles García-Pagán

  Source: Gastroenterology. 2007 Sep

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• Angiogenesis in liver disease.

  Angiogenesis and disruption of liver vascular architecture have been linked to progression to cirrhosis and liver cancer (HCC) in chronic liver diseas…

  Authors: Mercedes Fernández, David Semela, Jordi Bruix, Isabelle Colle, Massimo Pinzani, Jaume Bosch

  Source: Journal of hepatology. 2009 Mar

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• TIPS for Budd-Chiari syndrome: long-term results and prognostics factors in 124 patients.

  BACKGROUND & AIMS: Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare and life-threatening disorder secondary to hepatic venous outflow obstruction. Small series of…

  Authors: Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagán, Mathis Heydtmann, Sebastian Raffa, Aurélie Plessier, Sarwa Murad, Federica Fabris, Giovanni Vizzini, Juan Gonzales Abraldes, Simon Olliff, Antonio Nicolini,…

  Source: Gastroenterology. 2008 Sep

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• Prognostic value of acute hemodynamic response to i.v. propranolol in patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

  BACKGROUND/AIMS: Cirrhotic patients chronically treated with beta-blockers who achieve a decrease of hepatic venous pressure gradient (HVPG) > or =20%…

  Authors: Vincenzo La Mura, Juan G Abraldes, Sebastian Raffa, Oswaldo Retto, Annalisa Berzigotti, Juan Carlos García-Pagán, Jaume Bosch

  Source: Journal of hepatology. 2009 Aug

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• Effects of propranolol on venous compliance in conscious rats with pre-hepatic portal hypertension.

  BACKGROUND/AIMS: The venous system is the primary capacitance region in the body. However, the influence of active changes in the venous system on the…

  Authors: Victoria Andreu, Juan-Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Raffaela Lionetti, Carlos Piera, Juan G Abraldes, Jaume Bosch

  Source: Journal of hepatology. 2006 Jun

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• Improved clinical outcome using polytetrafluoroethylene-coated stents for TIPS: results of a randomized study.

  BACKGROUND & AIMS: A 50% dysfunction rate at 1 year is one of the main drawbacks of the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt procedure. Preli…

  Authors: Christophe Bureau, Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Philippe Otal, Gilles Pomier-Layrargues, Valérie Chabbert, Carlos Cortez, Pierre Perreault, Jean Marie Péron, Juan G Abraldes, Louis Bouchard,…

  Source: Gastroenterology. 2004 Feb

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• Growth hormone in sport: beyond Beijing 2008.

  Human growth hormone (hGH) is a protein endogenously produced predominantly by the anterior pituitary gland. Native hGH and, especially, its recombina…

  Authors: Jordi Segura, Ricardo Gutiérrez-Gallego, Rosa Ventura, Josep A Pascual, Jaume Bosch, Gerard Such-Sanmartín, Zoran Nikolovski, Armand Pinyot, Simona Pichini

  Source: Therapeutic drug monitoring. 2009 Feb

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• Effect of intravenous albumin on systemic and hepatic hemodynamics and vasoactive neurohormonal systems in patients with cirrhosis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

  BACKGROUND/AIMS: Albumin administration prevents renal failure and improves survival in spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. This study characterizes th…

  Authors: Javier Fernández, Miguel Navasa, Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Juan G-Abraldes, Wladimiro Jiménez, Jaume Bosch, Vicente Arroyo

  Source: Journal of hepatology. 2004 Sep

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• Cyclooxygenase-1 inhibition corrects endothelial dysfunction in cirrhotic rat livers.

  BACKGROUND/AIMS: Cirrhotic livers exhibit endothelial dysfunction that contributes to the increased hepatic vascular resistance. The present study eva…

  Authors: Mariona Graupera, Joan-Carles García-Pagán, Mireia Parés, Juan G Abraldes, Joan Roselló, Jaume Bosch, Juan Rodés

  Source: Journal of hepatology. 2003 Oct

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