"H" is the peak radioactivity over the heart, and "P" the peak radioactivity over the liver. The cardioportal circulation time is measured between "H" and "P," and is about twenty-five seconds. "H" is ...

Table 1. Table 1. Age and Sex Distribution. All 102 patients included in the study had either a portacaval or a splenorenal shunt for the relief of the complications arising from portal hypertension.

In 1999, we proposed a mechanism responsible for the development of brain edema based on a combination of experimental and clinical observations. [51] An initial osmotic disturbance of the brain, when ...