Restoration of hepatic blood outflow can be achieved by ... The procedure is suitable for patients with portal vein thrombosis. [71] The development of percutaneous angioplasty has made this ...

THE effect of increased intra-abdominal pressure due to ascites upon portal and systemic hemodynamics ... withdrawal of ascitic fluid upon hepatic-vein wedge pressure, inferior-vena-cava pressure ...

Discover a study that challenges existing practices in some institutions that administer prophylactic anticoagulation after ...

A specialized medical team at King Abdullah University Hospital successfully performed a rare and complex surgical procedure to save the life of a young man suffering from severe, recurrent ...

The pathophysiology involves elevated static pressure in the portal vein, collateral circulation ... biomarkers for measuring portal pressure or hepatic venous pressure gradient, which are ...

The TIPS procedure involves the creation of a shunt between the portal vein and a hepatic vein, effectively reducing portal hypertension. This minimally invasive procedure has shown efficacy in ...

The first model, Partial Portal Vein Ligation, induced an increase in ... In addition, LSEC dysfunction and hepatic angiogenesis, as associated with fibrotic PH, were shown to decrease.

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...