The presence of gallstones does not confirm causality. But the timing of the onset of acute pancreatitis symptoms, the presence of gallstones, the absence of other aetiological factors and the presence of new liver dysfunction (in particular the elevation of ALT) suggest gallstone-related acute ...
Gallstones are common disorders associated with several cardiovascular risk factors. Gallstone formation and atherosclerosis may share key pathways, but studies on putative associations between gallstones and the risk of cardiovascular disease are sparse and non-conclusive. We studied the relationship between...
It appears from the current available evidence that there is a strong association of a large sized gallstones and gallbladder cancer. Larger stones (>3 cm) have the greatest risk to develop gallbladder cancer, especially in symptomatic gallstone disease patients. Authors recommend special care for...
This work was designed to find out whether NHE3 is also present in human gallbladder. 2. At surgery, 100-200 mg of the gallbladder wall was obtained from patients treated by cholecystectomy for gallstones. After isolation of the mucosa, total RNA was extracted and submitted to reverse ...
It was about 15 years ago, and I had carried Bob to the emergency room with severe chest pains. (It turned out to be a gall bladder attack, but the cardiologist had seen something on his EKG that he wanted to look into further and he ran more tests.) Finally, we were given the di...
Helicobacter species' DNA are commonly present in the gallbladder of patients with gallstone diseases and in controls, implying that Helicobacter infection alone may not play a significant role in the formation of gallstones. However, our results do not exclude the possibility of Helicobacter ...
There is a variation in the symptomatology, particularly as regards food ease, between ulcers in the prepyloric region and those in the postpyloric region. Moynihan (1) has aptly illustrated this in the sequence of pain in relationship to food, in the following manner: "In cases of gastric ...
Presence of gallstones and the risk of cardiovascular dis- eases: the EPIC-Germany cohort study. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2015;22:326- 334. doi: 10.1177/2047487313512218.Wirth, J. et al. Presence of gallstones and the risk of cardiovascular diseases: The EPIC-Germany cohort study. European ...
Conclusions The physical presence of cholesterol gallstones in both native and filtered bile greatly influences cholesterol crystallization pathways. Whereas cholesterol monohydrate crystals increase, anhydrous cholesterol crystals tend to be inhibited. Detachment of solid cholesterol crystals from the gallstone ...
chloride which increased the ionic strength of the solution and hence the solubility of calcium phosphate, Both common duct and gallbladder bile from patients with gallstones composed of cholesterol and/or calcium carbonate had a very pronounced inhibitory action on the formation of these precipitates...