Publications by authors named "E Eapen"

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  • * Researchers investigated somatostatin receptor (SSTR) expression in cardiac samples from patients with end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) and controls, finding decreased SSTR5 and increased SSTR1 and SSTR2 in the ICM samples.
  • * The findings suggest SSTR can be upregulated in cardiac fibrotic areas, indicating that when using 68Ga-DOTATATE PET imaging for detecting cardiac conditions, unusual tracer uptake in these fibrotic areas
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Acute liver failure (ALF) is not an uncommon complication of a common disease such as acute hepatitis. Viral hepatitis followed by antituberculosis drug-induced hepatotoxicity are the commonest causes of ALF in India. Clinically, such patients present with appearance of jaundice, encephalopathy, and coagulopathy.

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Acute liver failure (ALF) is an infrequent, unpredictable, potentially fatal complication of acute liver injury (ALI) consequent to varied etiologies. Etiologies of ALF as reported in the literature have regional differences, which affects the clinical presentation and natural course. In this part of the consensus article designed to reflect the clinical practices in India, disease burden, epidemiology, clinical presentation, monitoring, and prognostication have been discussed.

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