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Species | Ming Chih HouSummaryAffiliation: Taipei Veterans General Hospital Country: Taiwan Publications
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Antibiotic prophylaxis after endoscopic therapy prevents rebleeding in acute variceal hemorrhage: a randomized trialMing Chih Hou
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No 201 Sec 2 Shih Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217, ROC
Hepatology 39:746-53. 2004..In conclusion, antibiotic prophylaxis can prevent infection and rebleeding as well as decrease the amount of blood transfused for patients with acute GEVB following endoscopic treatment...
Administration of a low dose of sildenafil for 1 week decreases intrahepatic resistance in rats with biliary cirrhosis: the role of NO bioavailabilityKuei Chuan Lee
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Clin Sci (Lond) 119:45-55. 2010..In contrast, sham rats did not produce any significant change in these measurements. In conclusion, sildenafil treatment improves endothelial dysfunction by augmenting NO bioavailability in the hepatic microcirculation...- Plasma erythropoietin level in patients with cirrhosis and its relationship to the severity of cirrhosis and renal functionYing Ying Yang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, and Institute of Traditional Medicine, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 18:1156-61. 2003..In contrast, the EPO levels had no correlation to the nitrate/nitrite levels and systemic vascular resistance in patients with cirrhosis... - Splanchnic hyposensitivity to glypressin in a hemorrhage-transfused common bile duct-ligated rat model of portal hypertension: role of nitric oxide and bradykininChien Ting Chen
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Hepatogastroenterology 56:1261-7. 2009..This study investigated the relative contribution of nitric oxide synthase isoforms and the role of bradykinin in the pathogenesis of splanchnic hyposensitivity in rats with cirrhosis induced by common bile duct-ligation (BDL)... - Increased plasma malondialdehyde in patients with viral cirrhosis and its relationships to plasma nitric oxide, endotoxin, and portal pressureKuei Chuan Lee
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Dig Dis Sci 55:2077-85. 2010..Increased oxidative stress is involved in the development of portal hypertension in cirrhosis. Our study aimed to assess the relationship between oxidative stress and hemodynamic parameters in cirrhotic patients... - Evaluation of the increase in model for end-stage liver disease (DeltaMELD) score over time as a prognostic predictor in patients with advanced cirrhosis: risk factor analysis and comparison with initial MELD and Child-Turcotte-Pugh scoreTeh Ia Huo
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Hepatol 42:826-32. 2005..We investigated the ability of DeltaMELD to predict the outcome of advanced cirrhosis and prospectively assessed the factors associated with increasing DeltaMELD... - Chronic indomethacin treatment enhances the portal-systemic collateral vascular response to vasopressin in bile-duct ligated ratsHui Chun Huang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R O C
J Chin Med Assoc 70:521-6. 2007..However, the influence of chronic indomethacin administration in cirrhosis remains unexplored... - Vascular contractile response and signal transduction in endothelium-denuded aorta from cirrhotic ratsHan Chieh Lin
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No 201, Sec 2, Shih Pai Road, Taipei 11217, Taiwan, China
World J Gastroenterol 11:2306-12. 2005..The current study was to evaluate the vascular reactivity to different agonists and the inositol trisphosphate (IP(3)) changes in signal transduction cascade from cirrhotic rats with portal hypertension... - The safety and probable therapeutic effect of routine use of antibiotics and simultaneously treating bleeding gastric varices by using endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection and concomitant esophageal varices with banding ligation: a pilot studyChen Jung Chang
Current affiliations National Yang Ming University School of Medicine and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 11217
Gastrointest Endosc 71:1141-9. 2010.... - Different model for end-stage liver disease score block distributions may have a variable ability for outcome predictionTeh Ia Huo
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Transplantation 80:1414-8. 2005..However, it is not clear if the predictive accuracy of MELD is equally homogeneous in different distribution of MELD score blocks... - Efficacy of non-selective β-blockers as adjunct to endoscopic prophylactic treatment for gastric variceal bleeding: a randomized controlled trialHung Hsu Hung
Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
J Hepatol 56:1025-32. 2012..However, the efficacy of non-selective β-blockers (NSBB) in the secondary prevention of GVB is still debatable. This study aimed at evaluating the efficacy of additional NSBB to repeated GVO in the secondary prevention of GVB... - Determination of the optimal model for end-stage liver disease score in patients with small hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing loco-regional therapyTeh Ia Huo
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Liver Transpl 10:1507-13. 2004..A lower MELD score may be suggested to be equivalent to the risk of short- and mid-term mortality in the cirrhosis group... - Identification of diuretic non-responders with poor long-term clinical outcomes: a 1-year follow-up of 176 non-azotaemic cirrhotic patients with moderate ascitesYing Ying Yang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming University, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
Clin Sci (Lond) 121:509-21. 2011..Among those carrying unfavourable risk genotypes, additional therapies, including paracentesis and albumin infusion, should be started as early as possible... - Correlation and comparison of the model for end-stage liver disease, portal pressure, and serum sodium for outcome prediction in patients with liver cirrhosisYing Wen Wang
Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Clin Gastroenterol 41:706-12. 2007..The correlation among these markers and their predictive accuracy for survival are unclear... - Vasopressin response and shunting modulation in cirrhotic rats by chronic nitric oxide inhibitionHui Chun Huang
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 23:e265-9. 2008..This study investigated whether long-term NO inhibition by N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) enhances the collateral vascular responsiveness to AVP and alleviates the severity of shunting in cirrhotic rats... - A randomized trial of endoscopic cyanoacrylate injection for acute gastric variceal bleeding: 0.5 mL versus 1.0 mLMing Chih Hou
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital Taipei, No 201, Sec 2, Shih Pai Road, Taipei, Taiwan 11217
Gastrointest Endosc 70:668-75. 2009..Endoscopic injection of N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate is the preferred method to treat acute gastric variceal bleeding (GVB). However, its rebleeding rate remains high... - Selecting an optimal cutoff value for creatinine in the model for end-stage liver disease equationTeh Ia Huo
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Clin Transplant 24:157-63. 2010..The model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) is used for organ allocation in liver transplantation. The maximal serum creatinine (Cr) level for MELD is set at 4.0 mg/dL; however, there was no outcome data to justify this strategy... - Risk factors for upper gastrointestinal bleeding in coronary artery disease patients receiving both aspirin and clopidogrelKuang Wei Huang
Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 76:9-14. 2013..We identified risk factors of UGIB in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) receiving dual therapy... - Clopidogrel delays gastric ulcer healing in ratsJiing Chyuan Luo
Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, School of Medicine, No 155 Section 2 Linong Street, Taipei, Taiwan
Eur J Pharmacol 695:112-9. 2012..32% reduction). In conclusion, clopidogrel delays gastric ulcer healing in rats via inhibiting gastric epithelial cell proliferation, at least by inhibition of the EGF receptor-ERK signal transduction pathway... - A randomized trial of endoscopic treatment of acute gastric variceal hemorrhage: N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate injection versus band ligationPen-Chung Tan
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Hepatology 43:690-7. 2006..Severe complications attributable to these two treatments were rare. In conclusion, the efficacy of GVL to control active GVH appears not different to GVO, but GVO is associated with a lower GV rebleeding rate... 
IL28B polymorphism correlates with active hepatitis in patients with HBeAg-negative chronic hepatitis BI Cheng Lee
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
PLoS ONE 8:e58071. 2013..This study aimed to investigate the role of viral and host factors, including IL28B genotypes, in the natural course of chronic hepatitis B (CHB)...- Combined platelet count with sCD163 and genetic variants optimizes esophageal varices prediction in cirrhotic patientsYing Ying Yang
Division of General Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 28:112-21. 2013.... - Delayed endoscopy increases re-bleeding and mortality in patients with hematemesis and active esophageal variceal bleeding: A cohort studyPing Hsien Chen
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan Endoscopy Center for Diagnosis and Treatment, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
J Hepatol 57:1207-13. 2012.... - Kupffer cell depletion attenuates leptin-mediated methoxamine-stimulated portal perfusion pressure and thromboxane A2 release in a rodent model of NASH-cirrhosisYing Ying Yang
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Clin Sci (Lond) 123:669-80. 2012..The leptin-enhanced MTX-stimulated increase in PPP is mediated by increased oxidative stress and Kupffer-cell-activated AA-derived TXA(2) release in NASH-cirrhotic rats... - Evolution of portal-systemic collateral vasopressin response in endotoxemic portal hypertensive ratsHui Chun Huang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China
Shock 32:503-8. 2009..05). In conclusion, vasoactive substances counterregulation participates, at least in part, the time-dependent changes of collateral AVP responsiveness in endotoxemic portal hypertensive rats... - Acute administration of sildenafil enhances hepatic cyclic guanosine monophosphate production and reduces hepatic sinusoid resistance in cirrhotic patientsKuei Chuan Lee
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Hepatol Res 38:1186-93. 2008.... - Risk of hepato-biliary cancer after cholecystectomy: a nationwide cohort studyWei Yu Kao
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201 Shih Pai Road, Sec 2, Taipei, 112, Taiwan
J Gastrointest Surg 17:345-51. 2013..Epidemiologic studies have identified cholecystectomy as a possible risk factor for cancers in Western countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the risk of hepato-biliary cancer after cholecystectomy in Taiwan... - Citrus reticulata peel improves patient tolerance of low-volume polyethylene glycol for colonoscopy preparationHung Chieh Lan
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 75:442-8. 2012..This study aimed to assess the effect of Citrus reticulata peel (CRP) as an adjunct to low-volume PEG for colonic preparation... - Incidence of bleeding from gastroduodenal ulcers in patients with end-stage renal disease receiving hemodialysisJiing Chyuan Luo
Department of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, School of Medicine, and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
CMAJ 183:E1345-51. 2011..We investigated the association between ulcer bleeding and end-stage renal disease in patients receiving hemodialysis, and we sought to identify risk factors for ulcer bleeding... - Comparison of four model for end-stage liver disease-based prognostic systems for cirrhosisTeh Ia Huo
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Liver Transpl 14:837-44. 2008..Patients with SBP have a higher MELD-derived score. Future studies are warranted to define the optimal MELD-based prognostic model for cirrhosis... - Esophageal food impaction: a homemade suction tube attached to esophagogastroduodenoscopy for food bolus removalYu Hsin Chen
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 71:635-8. 2008..The method is very effective to remove firm and tightly impacted materials in a narrow lumen. When the usual retrieval instruments fail, a homemade suction tube attached to an EGD is an alternative... - Limitation of the model for end-stage liver disease for outcome prediction in patients with cirrhosis-related complicationsTeh Ia Huo
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Clin Transplant 20:188-94. 2006..While early transplantation referral is recommended, these patients do not necessarily have a higher MELD score and could be down-staged in the MELD era... - Occurrence of cirrhosis-related complications is a time-dependent prognostic predictor independent of baseline model for end-stage liver disease scoreTeh Ia Huo
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, China
Liver Int 26:55-61. 2006..Many cirrhosis-related complications are indications for transplantation but are not included in MELD. This study investigated the impact of these complications on survival and association with MELD... - Proposal of a modified Child-Turcotte-Pugh scoring system and comparison with the model for end-stage liver disease for outcome prediction in patients with cirrhosisTeh Ia Huo
National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
Liver Transpl 12:65-71. 2006..By extending the score range according to the influence of the laboratory-derived variables, the modified CTP system has a better performance than the original system and is as efficient as the MELD for outcome prediction... - Application of stent placement or nasojejunal feeding tube placement in patients with malignant gastric outlet obstruction: a retrospective series of 38 casesChin Lung Lin
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 75:624-9. 2012..The current treatment for MGOO is palliative in nature, with the goal of maintaining the best quality of life possible during the terminal phase of the illness... - Hemorheology in patients with liver cirrhosis: special emphasis on its relation to severity of esophageal variceal bleedingTsu-Te Liu
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei-Veterans General Hospital and the National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 21:908-13. 2006..However, the causal relationship between hemorheology and bleeding needs to be clarified in further studies... - Chronic administration of ursodeoxycholic acid decreases portal pressure in rats with biliary cirrhosisYing Ying Yang
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
Clin Sci (Lond) 116:71-9. 2009.... - Pyogenic portal vein thrombosis as a reservoir of persistent septicemia after cyanoacrylate injection for bleeding gastric varicesChen Jung Chang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Digestion 78:139-43. 2008..The foreign body of a glue plug offers an ideal surface for bacterial colonization which becomes a reservoir for continuous bacterial dissemination. The mechanism was proven by ribotyping of the microorganism and postmortem pathology... - Good response to hepatic arterial chemoembolization in a patient with primary neuroendocrine tumor of the liverYing-Ying Yang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Chin Med Assoc 66:247-51. 2003..The patient was well without tumor recurrence 18 months after TAE. We reported this successful experience and the recent literature on management of neuroendocrine tumor was also discussed... - Inhibition of glucagon improves splanchnic hyporesponse to terlipressin in cirrhotic rats with blood retention in the gastric lumenYing-Ying Yang
Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
J Hepatol 42:652-8. 2005..Excessive release of circulating glucagon may be an important factor for splanchnic hyporesponse to terlipressin in cirrhotic portal hypertension during hemorrhage... - Effect of 1-week losartan administration on bile duct-ligated cirrhotic rats with portal hypertensionYing-Ying Yang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine and Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201, Sec. 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
J Hepatol 36:600-6. 2002..In addition to the suppression of renin-angiotensin axis, the reduced aortic eNOS protein expression may play a partial role for the mechanism of action of losartan in CBL rats... - Acute administration of carvedilol is more effective than propranolol plus isosorbide-5-mononitrate in the reduction of portal pressure in patients with viral cirrhosisHan-Chieh Lin
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, No. 201 Sec. 2 Shih-Pai Road, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
Am J Gastroenterol 99:1953-8. 2004..Carvedilol administration causes an increase in hepatic blood flow, but its systemic effects were similar to those of propranolol plus isosorbide-5-mononitrate... - Sildenafil decreased pulmonary arterial pressure but may have exacerbated portal hypertension in a patient with cirrhosis and portopulmonary hypertensionYing-Wen Wang
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, 201, Section 2, Shih-Pai Road, Taipei, 11217, Taiwan
J Gastroenterol 41:593-7. 2006..This case report clearly delineates that sildenafil decreases pulmonary arterial pressure but may exacerbate portal hypertension and hyperdynamic circulation in patients with cirrhosis and portopulmonary hypertension... - Role of chronic Helicobacter pylori infection in hyperdynamic circulation of cirrhotic patientsChien-Ting Chen
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine
Hepatogastroenterology 49:208-12. 2002..Chronic H. pylori infection does not play a major role in the hyperdynamic circulation observed in cirrhotic patients... - Model for end-stage liver disease score to serum sodium ratio index as a prognostic predictor and its correlation with portal pressure in patients with liver cirrhosisTeh Ia Huo
Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
Liver Int 27:498-506. 2007..The models for end-stage liver disease (MELD) and serum sodium (SNa) are important prognostic markers in cirrhosis. A novel index, MELD to SNa ratio (MESO), was developed to amplify the opposing effect of MELD and SNa on outcome prediction... - Developments in the treatment of acute esophageal variceal bleedingMing-Chih Hou
J Chin Med Assoc 69:55-7. 2006 - Roles of anandamide in the hepatic microcirculation in cirrhotic ratsYing-Ying Yang
Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei 11217, Taiwan
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 290:G328-34. 2006..The anandamide-induced increase in IHR in cirrhotic livers may be mediated by increased COX-derived eicosanoid (mainly thromboxane A(2)) production... - One-week losartan administration increases sodium excretion in cirrhotic patients with and without ascitesYing-Ying Yang
Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taiwan
J Gastroenterol 37:194-9. 2002..The natriuretic effect was more profound in cirrhotic patients with ascites than in those without ascites... - Effects of N-acetylcysteine administration in hepatic microcirculation of rats with biliary cirrhosisYing Ying Yang
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital Taipei, Taiwan
J Hepatol 49:25-33. 2008..Tyrosine nitration (nitrotyrosilation)-related inactivation of anti-oxidative enzymes is increased in cirrhotic livers. This study investigates effects of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) administrations in bile-duct-ligation (BDL) rats...