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A similar procedure is transarterial embolization but without chemotherapeutic agents injection, used in the treatment of hypervascular liver metastases. These therapies are based on the predominantly arterial vasculature of HCC and hypervascular metastases, while the remaining liver parenchyma has a dual vascular intake, predominantly portal.
Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix (BUMCP; formerly Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center or "Good Sam") is a 746-bed non-profit, acute care teaching hospital located in Phoenix, Arizona, providing tertiary care and healthcare services to the Arizona region and surrounding states. [1]
Cirrhosis, also known as liver cirrhosis or hepatic cirrhosis, chronic liver failure or chronic hepatic failure and end-stage liver disease, is an acute condition of the liver in which the normal functioning tissue, or parenchyma, is replaced with scar tissue and regenerative nodules as a result of chronic liver disease.
The program is offered through the Center of Thoracic Transplantation and has received accreditation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). On April 13, 2007, the hospital performed the first recorded lung transplant in Phoenix, Arizona. [3] Since then, more than 170 such transplants have been conducted by the program. [4] [5]
The hospital is an American College of Surgeons-verified Level I trauma center, an Arizona Department of Health Services-certified cardiac arrest center, and a DNV-certified primary stroke center. [ 4 ] [ 2 ] The campus is also home to the 15,500 square foot HonorHealth Military Partnership Program training center.
Abrazo Community Health Network (Abrazo Health) is one of the largest health care delivery system in Arizona, United States. [1] Abrazo Community Health Network is located in Phoenix, Arizona and was established in 2003.
In 1999, Phoenix Baptist and Arrowhead Hospitals were acquired by Vanguard Health Systems. [1] In 2003, Vanguard established Abrazo Community Health Network (formerly Abrazo Health Care) as its Arizona subsidiary. Abrazo Community Health Network is located in Phoenix, Arizona. [2] In 2013, Vanguard was acquired by Tenet Healthcare. [3]
A cavernous liver hemangioma or hepatic hemangioma is a benign tumor of the liver composed of large vascular spaces lined by monolayer hepatic endothelial cells. It is the most common benign liver tumour, and is usually asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally on radiological imaging or during laparotomy for other intra-abdominal issues.