The portal vein carries blood from your stomach, pancreas, and other digestive organs to your liver. It differs from other veins, which all carry blood to your heart. The liver plays an important role ...
Hepatitis C: Once the viral infection has healed, high-risk portal vein hypertension also diminishes
This inflammatory viral infection of the liver causes inflexible scar tissue to form. This in turn impedes blood flow through the organ, with resulting hypertension in the portal vein. Portal ...
To evaluate the prevalence of hereditary prothrombotic mutations, and their effect on the incidence and severity of umbilical arterial or venous catheter (UAC or UVC)-associated thrombosis. All ...
Portal vein blood flow accounts for 75% of total hepatic blood flow, with the hepatic artery accounting for the remainder. As a result, portal vein occlusion may have significant consequences for ...
A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a minimally invasive procedure for treating portal vein hypertension and other complications of liver disease. A surgeon inserts a stent to ...
The portal vein is a major vein formed by the superior mesenteric vein and splenic vein and it provides maximum blood supply to the liver. Portal hypertension is an increased pressure in the portal ...
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