Chronic occlusion of large intracranial arteries is the main cause of ischemic stroke in China. Patients with symptomatic intracranial artery occlusion and hemodynamic impairment are at high risk of recurrent stroke. Chronic occlusion of the intracranial segment of the internal carotid artery is a common type of intracranial artery occlusion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Pancreatic cancer portal hypertension (PCPH) is a rare cause of gastrointestinal bleeding. This study retrospectively assessed gastrointestinal bleeding risk factors in 57 PCPH patients diagnosed via multidetector computed tomography (MDCT).
Materials And Methods: The data of patients with pancreatic cancer from January 2008 to January 2018 at Qingdao Municipal Hospital were reviewed.
Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) is an important isozyme for polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) metabolism that dictates ferroptosis sensitivity. The role of ACSL4 in the progression of ischemic stroke is unclear. Here, we found that ACSL4 expression was suppressed in the early phase of ischemic stroke and this suppression was induced by HIF-1α.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFYTH Domain Containing 1 (YTHDC1) is one of the mA readers that is essential for oocyte development and tumor progression. The role of YTHDC1 in neuronal survival and ischemic stroke is unknown. Here, we found that YTHDC1 was unregulated in the early phase of ischemic stroke.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHere in we report a case of acute liver failure with hepatic infarction after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). An upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage patient with a medical history of alcoholic cirrhosis underwent a TIPS procedure. One day after TIPS, his alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels increased to 1214 U/L and 1511 U/L, respectively.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFForkhead box protein M1 (FoxM1) is aberrantly expressed in several types of human malignancy, and serves an important role in tumor metastasis. Epithelial‑mesenchymal transition (EMT) of cancer cells has been associated cancer metastasis; however, the implication of FoxM1 in EMT and its putative roles in the regulation of cancer metastasis remain to be elucidated. In the present study, the expression of FoxM1, Snai1 and E‑cadherin in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines with various metastatic potentials, and in normal liver cells, was investigated using western blot analysis and reverse transcription‑quantitative polymerase chain reaction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFZhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi
June 2015
Objective: To investigate the efficacy of detachable balloon for splenic artery trunk embolization in patients with cirrhotic portal hypertension and hypersplenism.
Methods: Eight patients with cirrhotic portal hypertension received splenic artery trunk disconnection using detachable balloons under the guidance of digital subtraction angiography. The diameter and blood flow of the portal vein, the superior mesenteric vein, the splenic vein and the hepatic artery were measured by color Doppler ultrasound.
World J Gastroenterol
November 2014
Calcification of the portal venous system is a rare entity that can be incidentally discovered during computed tomography (CT). We describe a case of extensive calcifications in the portal venous system in a middle-aged male patient with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). This patient presented with epigastric pain that had no obvious origin prior to admission.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We sought to evaluate a conservative treatment modality, angiographic uterine artery embolization (UAE) followed by immediate curettage, in the treatment of cervical pregnancy.
Study Design: Sixteen patients with cervical pregnancy were first treated by UAE to control or prevent vaginal bleeding. Curettage of cervical canal was performed immediately after UAE to remove gestational tissue from the cervix.