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Common complications of decompensated liver cirrhosis are esophageal varices, hepatic encephalopathy and ascites. After the onset of complications, the prognosis worsens. In patients with ascites, the 5‐year mortality rate is 44%. Furthermore, hyponatremia, spontaneous bacterial translocation and hepatorenal syndrome also greatly worsen the prognosis. Effective treatment of cirrhotic ascites improves...
Background/Aims: Endothelin-1 has been suggested to play a key role in cirrhotic portal hypertension, but a role of its receptors in vivo is not fully elucidated.Methods: Biliary cirrhosis was induced by bile duct ligation. Expressions of endothelin-1 and its receptors were evaluated by radioimmunoassay and/or reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. Hemodynamics were studied using endothelin...
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