Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, affecting 175
million people globally. Over 80% of acutely infected patients go on to develop chronicity, but …

Background & Aims : This study aims to quantify the risk of cardiac surgery in patients with
cirrhosis. Methods : Records of all adult patients with cirrhosis undergoing cardiac surgery …

OBJECTIVE: Recent studies have implicated primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) as a risk
factor for colorectal cancer (CRC) in ulcerative colitis (UC). Our study was designed to define …

The prevalence of angiographically proven coronary artery disease (CAD) in adults with end-stage
liver disease who undergo evaluation for liver trans plantation is unknown; also it is …

Background & Aims : Treatment for invasive adenocarcinoma in colorectal polyps (malignant
polyps) is controversial. The aim of this study was to evaluate our institutional treatment …

Liver biopsy has been used to diagnose chronic liver disease and to assess the degree of
hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. However, it is an invasive test with many possible …

We correlated the histopathology with outcome for all patients with endoscopically removed
colonic polyps containing invasive adenocarcinoma seen at our institution over a 10-yr …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Patients with cirrhosis frequently receive proton pump inhibitor (PPI)
or H2-receptor antagonist therapies. We investigated whether acid-suppressive therapy is …

Although hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is not as common in the United States as in some
countries, 5,000 Americans die from it every year. This number can be significantly …

… Address reprint requests to: William D. Carey, MD, FACP, Department of Gastroenter- …
Sclerosing cholangitis: its increasing D, Williams R. Natural history and prognostic variables …