In severe fatty NASH or advanced alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver inflammation and scarring can cause elevated pressure in the blood veins of the liver, a condition known as portal hypertension.

As its name suggests, nonalcoholic fatty liver ... tract to the liver, was higher than the amount in the peripheral circulation. Though Krebs established that the portal vein typically has a higher ...

It usually happens over a long period, often due to hepatitis, alcohol use disorder, or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), formerly called non-alcoholic fatty liver ...