A 62-year-old man was admitted because of postprandial abdominal pain and weight loss. Cirrhosis had reportedly been diagnosed 1 year earlier; imaging showed portal vein thrombosis. A diagnosis was ...

Understand the TIPS procedure, a treatment for severe liver conditions that improves blood flow by creating a shunt in the liver, reducing portal hypertension risks.

Portal vein thrombosis is a common postoperative ­complication in patients with portal hypertension, ­irrespective of surgical treatment, and it is not associated with patient ­characteristics or any ...

Portal hypertension (PHT) is a severe complication of chronic liver disease, like cirrhosis, where increased pressure builds up in the portal vein.

Case presentation: We described a 33-year-old primiparae who was identified as having umbilical vein thrombosis by ultrasound at 21 weeks gestation, and the neonate was found to have a portal vein ...

Portal hypertension, a condition caused by liver disease, is an increase of pressure of the portal vein, which leads from the intestines to the liver. It's a complication of hepatitis and liver ...

The aim of this study was to assess interobserver agreement of ultrasound parameters for portal hypertension in hepatosplenic mansonic schistosomiasis. Spleen size, diameter of the portal, splenic and ...

Our results indicate that umbilical vein catheterisation is frequently associated with portal vein thrombosis. Ultrasound monitoring can facilitate identification of umbilical tip malposition and ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure can help treat portal vein hypertension and other complications of advanced liver disease. Learn more here.