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Diseases, Volume 2, Issue 3

2014 September - 5 articles

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Articles (5)

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,756 Views
22 Pages

Right Ventricular Geometry and Function in Pulmonary Hypertension: Non-Invasive Evaluation

  • Diletta Peluso,
  • Francesco Tona,
  • Denisa Muraru,
  • Gabriella Romeo,
  • Umberto Cucchini,
  • Martina Perazzolo Marra,
  • Sabino Iliceto and
  • Luigi Paolo Badano

18 September 2014

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease, which still carries a poor prognosis. PH is characterized by a pressure overload on the right ventricle (RV), which develops hypertrophy, followed by a progressive failure. Accordingly, recent evidence s...

  • Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
20,209 Views
17 Pages

The Significance of Pulmonary Artery Size in Pulmonary Hypertension

  • Kamonpun Ussavarungsi,
  • Joseph P. Whitlock,
  • Taylor A. Lundy,
  • Ivan D. Carabenciov,
  • Charles D. Burger and
  • Augustine S. Lee

31 July 2014

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been found to have significant morbidity and mortality. The treatment of PH has advanced considerably with increasingly more effective and safer options. With an increasing effort to diagnose patients early, non-invasi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
9,331 Views
14 Pages

TRAIL Deficient Mice Are Protected from Sugen/Hypoxia Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

  • Sarah H. Dawson,
  • Nadine D. Arnold,
  • Josephine A. Pickworth,
  • Sheila E. Francis and
  • Allan Lawrie

31 July 2014

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive lung disease diagnosed by an increase in pulmonary arterial blood pressure that is driven by a progressive vascular remodelling of small pulmonary arterioles. We have previously reported that tum...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
8,877 Views
17 Pages

7 July 2014

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an aggressive disease with poor prognosis due to its high rate of recurrence after the initial curative treatment. Therefore, development of effective therapeutic strategies that can prevent recurrence and secondary...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,173 Views
17 Pages

Role of MTDH, FOXM1 and microRNAs in Drug Resistance in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Xiangbing Meng,
  • Eric J. Devor,
  • Shujie Yang,
  • Brandon M. Schickling and
  • Kimberly K. Leslie

1 July 2014

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most lethal malignancies due to underlying co-morbid cirrhosis and chemo-resistance. Vaccination and improved treatment for hepatitis are the most effective means to reduce the burden of liver cancer world...

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