For example, a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a shunt placed inside the liver that carries blood directly from the portal veins into the systemic circulation. The portal ...

“The next step was to explore whether long-term administration of simvastatin could reduce portal pressure in patients with cirrhosis without further impairing the hepatic circulation and liver ...

Approximately 80 per cent of the liver may be resected without impairment of ammonia tolerance, 17 and the liver continues to extract large amounts of ammonia from portal blood though diffusely ...