AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands -- Embolization of large spontaneous portosystemic shunts can relieve refractory hepatic encephalopathy and can keep many patients free of it for the long term as long as ...

February 20, 2007 — The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vascular shunt for temporarily restoring blood flow to severely injured limbs, a molecular test to assess the risk for ...

New successes in printing vascular tissue from living cells point to the accelerating pace of development of 3D-printing tissue — and eventually the ability to manufacture organs from small samples of ...

There is a persistent lack of effective treatments for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), so in this study, investigators examined the impact of an atrial shunt among patients ...

Acquired SEPS are associated with portal hypertension, cirrhosis, and complications of decompensation. In particular, the effects of NVEPS on portal pressure are variable, but there is evidence of ...