Is gastric permeability to sucrose increased in portal hypertensive gastropathy?
Gastric permeability to sucrose is increased in patients with PHG, independently of the presence of H. pylori. Sucrose permeability may be useful for the follow-up of patients with PHG.
In patients undergoing cardiac surgery and a preoperative LVEF greater than 40%, a prolonged QTc interval is associated with increased short-term and long-term mortality and increased perioperative morbidity, and therefore should be considered when assessing risk preoperatively.