Cirrhosis Readmission Telehealth Project This is a 2 year research study to study if post discharge phone calls can help lengthen time to hospital readmissions for patients with encephalopathy.

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Surrogate Markers of Portal Pressure This is a prospective longitudinal study that will evaluate if changes (pre and post therapy) in indocyanine green (ICG) retention test and liver stiff ness (LS) and spleen stiffness (SS) ...

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Pilot Study of Effect of Sorafenib on Portal Pressure Sorafenib is approved by the US FDA for the treatment of unresectable (can not operate) liver cancer and for renal cell carcinoma. Sorafenib is a drug that inhibits the growth of cancer ce...

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Non-invasive Diagnosis of Portal Hypertension With Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) The aim of this diagnostic study is to evaluate the efficacy of ARFI imaging (a specific type of ultrasound) in assessing the pressure of the portal vein (the major vein passing through th...

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Vasoconstrictors as Alternatives to Albumin After Large-Volume Paracentesis (LVP) in Cirrhosis This clinical trial compares a combination of two drugs that constrict blood vessels (Octreotide LAR and Midodrine) to albumin after large volume paracentesis. Subjects have cirrhosis and ...

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