or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to the liver from ...

Thrombosis may involve the main hepatic veins, hepatic venules, or both. Primary thrombosis limited to hepatic venules differs from the so-called veno-occlusive disease by the initial venous ...

The antiphospholipid syndrome associated with hepatic vein thrombosis has usually been of the primary type; that is, the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic ...

Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...