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  • 1
    ISSN: 1436-0691
    Keywords: HCC ; recurrent pattern ; prognosis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This report is based on an analysis of the recurrent patterns and post-treatment clinical outcome of 78 patients following hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Patients with a single recurrent tumor (group A;n=41) often had multicentric carcinogenesis (41.7%) and were treated locally; i.e., by re-resection or by percutaneous ethanol injection therapy (PEIT). Many of them (42.9%) followed the “curative pattern,” with good prognosis (70.3% 5-year survival rate). Although 6 of the patients with two or three recurrent tumors (group B;n=19) had multicentric carcinogenesis that could be treated locally, 13 of the 19 followed the “non-curative pattern,” with a poor prognosis after recurrence (14.8% 3-year survival rate after recurrence). The primary tumors of the patients with multiple or infiltrating type (group C;n=18) were advanced and these patients had metastatic recurrence, thereby following the “early death pattern” (58.8%) with a poor prognosis (30% 5-year survival rate). For group C patients, hepatectomy was regarded as part of a multidisciplinary treatment regimen that included aggressive postoperative chemotherapy as a necessary component.
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    ISSN: 1573-2568
    Keywords: portal hypertensive gastropathy ; laser Doppler flowmetry ; propranolol ; gastrin ; pepsinogen I
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Gastric mucosal hyperemia associated with elevated serum gastrin level has been suggested in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy (PHG). Clinical evidence has shown that these patients may benefit from propranolol administration. The aim of this study was to investigate effect of propranolol on gastric mucosal perfusion and serum gastrin level in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy. Gastric mucosal perfusion was assessed by laser Doppler flowmetry. Measurements were performed under basal conditions and after observer-blind administration of propranolol (30–60 mg/day,N=9) or placebo (N=9) for seven days. Placebo had no effect on either gastric mucosal perfusion or serum gastrin level. In contrast, propranolol administration significantly decreased both antrum gastric mucosal perfusion (from 0.88±0.28 to 0.73±0.26 V,P〈0.05) and corpus gastric mucosal perfusion (from 0.94±0.35 to 0.78±0.25 V,P〈0.05). However, this drug had no effect on serum gastrin level. We conclude that chronic propranolol administration in cirrhotic patients with portal hypertensive gastropathy may reduce gastric mucosal perfusion without changing serum gastrin level.
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    Journal of gastroenterology 29 (1994), S. 180-188 
    ISSN: 1435-5922
    Keywords: portal hypertension ; nitroglycerin ; portal hypertensive gastropathy ; gastric mucosal hemodynamics
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract We studied 30 patients with cirrhosis to determine the effect of nitroglycerin on portal and gastric mucosal hemodynamics. Systemic hemodynamics, portal venous pressure (PVP), the hemoglobin index (IHB), and the oxygen saturation index (ISO2) of the gastric mucosa were measured before and after a continuous infusion of nitroglycerin. The patients were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of major portal-systemic collateral routes on portograms. Nitroglycerin caused a reduction in PVP in all patients. Although there was no significant difference in systemic hemodynamic changes between the two groups, the reduction in PVP in patients with major portal-systemic collaterals was significantly higher than in those without major collaterals. A nitroglycerin infusion, at a dose of 1.0μg/kg per min for 10 min, produced a reduction in both IHB (−16%,P〈0.001) and ISO2 (−13%,P〈0.001) in the gastric mucosa, indicating gastric mucosal ischemia secondary to splanchnic vasoconstriction. These findings suggest that the continuous infusion of nitroglycerin reduces PVP in cirrhotic patients, particularly in those with major portal-systemic collaterals, and reduces the congestion of the gastric mucosa in patients with portal hypertension.
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