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HEPATOLOGY Podcast

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Episode publication activity over the past year

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The Severity Of Steatosis Influences Liver Stiffness Measurement In Patients With NAFLD

12 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Salvatore Petta discuss the paper: The severity of steatosis influences liver stiffness measurement in patients with nona...

Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Safety+Tolerability With&Without Ribavirin in Chronic HCV Infection

30 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Note: Published earlier in 2015. Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Saleh A. Alqahtani discuss the paper: Safety and Tolerability of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir ...

Association of NAFLD with Subclinical Myocardial Remodeling and Dysfunction

17 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Lisa B. VanWagner discuss the paper: Association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease with subclinical myocardial remodeli...

The Role of Hepatic Resection in Liver Cancer

10 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Sasan Roayaie discuss the paper: The Role of Hepatic Resection in the Treatment of Hepatocellular Cancer.

Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir Safety+Tolerability With&Without Ribavirin in Chronic HCV Infection

30 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Saleh A. Alqahtani discuss the paper: Safety and Tolerability of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir With and Without Ribavirin in Pat...

The Impact of Phlebotomy in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

23 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Leon A. Adams discuss the paper: The Impact of Phlebotomy in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective, Randomized,...

Portal Hypertension and the Outcome of Surgery for HCC

23 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Annalisa Berzigotti discuss the paper: Portal hypertension and the outcome of surgery for hepatocellular carcinoma in com...

Concordance Of Sustained Virological Response With Sofosbuvir - Containing Regimens For HCV

15 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Eric M. Yoshida discuss the paper: Concordance of sustained virological response 4, 12, and 24 weeks post-treatment with ...

Prioritizing HCC Patients -- Results Of The UNOS National Geographic Experiment

15 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Karim J. Hazalun discuss the paper: Standing the test of time: Outcomes of a decade of prioritizing patients with hepatoc...

Enhanced MRI Prognosis Of Early Early Stage HCC

15 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen A. Harrison, MD and Taro Yamashita, MD, PhD, discuss Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and Alpha-fetoprotein Predict Prognosis of Early Early Stage HCC...

Ursodeoxycholic Acid and PSC, Revisited

31 Oct 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is no longer recommended for management of adult patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC). We undertook a prospe...

Kidney Biomarkers and Differential Diagnosis of Patients with Cirrhosis and Acute Kidney Injury

27 Aug 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in patients with cirrhosis and associated with significant mortality. The most common etiologies of AKI in this se...

NASH and HCC: A Growing Role for Liver Transplantation

10 Jul 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is currently the third leading indication for liver transplantation (LT) in the U.S. and is predicted to become th...

Distinguishing Immunoglobulin G4-associated Cholangitis from PSC

30 May 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The recent addition of immunoglobulin (Ig)G4-associated cholangitis (IAC), also called IgG4-related sclerosing cholangitis (IRSC), to the spectrum of ...

Ascites: Is the Etiology Cirrhosis or Cardiac?

02 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Heart failure (HF) is, after cirrhosis, the second-most common cause of ascites. Serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) plays an important role in the...

Steroid Use In Acute Liver Failure

27 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Extensive population-based studies are much needed to accurately establish epidemiology and disease course in patients with primary sclerosing cholang...

Sclerosingcholangitis

13 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Extensive population-based studies are much needed to accurately establish epidemiology and disease course in patients with primary sclerosing cholang...

Cross-talk between Notch and Hedgehog Regulates Hepatic Stellate Cell Fate in Mice

03 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Liver repair involves phenotypic changes in hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) and reactivation of morphogenic signaling pathways that modulate epithelial-...

Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: Making Diagnosis Easier

04 Oct 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Minimal Hepatic Encephalopathy: Making Diagnosis Easier by AASLD

Predictive Models of Cirrhosis and HCC in CHB

13 Sep 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Integrating host and HBV characteristics, this study aimed to develop models for predicting long-term cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ris...

Good long-term Outcome of Budd-Chiari Syndrome with a Step-wise Management

25 Jun 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen Harrison and Susana Seijo Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare, life-threatening disease caused by obstruction of hepatic venous outfl...

Resection of Hepatocellular Cancer ≤2 cm: Results from Two Western Centers

26 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen Harrison and Sasan Roayaie Asian series have shown a 5-year survival rate of ˜70% after resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) =...

Vitamin A Deficiency and Hepatitis C

09 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Davide Bitetto Recent data suggest that vitamin A modulates the expression of type I interferon receptor enhancing the...

Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C

09 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Norah A. Terrault The efficiency of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission by sexual activity remains controversial. We ...

Acute Kidney Injury and Hospitalized Cirrhotics

09 Apr 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen A. Harrison and Justin A. Belcher Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and devastating complication in patients with cirrhosis. Howev...

A New Non-invasive Test for NASH

28 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen Harrison and Sudeep Tanwar Liver biopsy is the reference standard for the detection of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) within nona...

Significance of Azathioprine Metabolites for the Maintenance of Remission in Autoimmune Hepatitis

18 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen Harrison and Harpreet Dhaliwal Azathioprine (AZA) is used to maintain remission in autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), but up to 18% of patien...

Impact of disease severity on healthcare costs in patients with HCV

03 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Abstract Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increases total healthcare costs but the effect of the severity of liver disease associated with chronic h...

Activation of IKK/NFκB signaling induces liver fibrosis

04 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Stephen Harrison talks to Drs. Thomas Wirth and Yoshiaki Suname about the paper: Hepatic activation of IKK/NFκB signaling induces liver fibrosis ...

Model to estimate survival in ambulatory patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

04 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Drs. Stephen Harrison and W. Ray Kim discuss the paper: Model to estimate survival in ambulatory patients with hepatocellular carcinoma Abstract ...