To the Editor: I have read with great interest Dr. Child's paper, "The Portal Circulation," which appeared ... as indicating a more favorable state of hepatic compensation is to be encouraged.

For example, a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is a shunt placed inside the liver that carries blood ...

[10] The well-recognized hyperdynamic circulation in ... capacity of the cirrhotic liver and the affected enterohepatic circle. If we add to these conditions, the portal hypertensive enteropathy ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a challenging complication in liver cirrhosis, with no currently available sensitive ...

Cirrhosis, or liver scarring, can cause swelling in the ankles, legs and abdomen. Per the Mayo Clinic, cirrhosis slows blood flow and increases pressure in the portal vein within the liver.

A distinctive feature, however, is the association with intrahepatic or subcapsular hepatic venous collateral vessels. This collateral circulation is the most sensitive feature for the diagnosis ...

“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 ...

However, in dogs with PSS, this blood bypasses the liver due to an abnormal connection - shunt - between the portal vein - or one of its branches - and another vein, leading directly to the general ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a challenging complication in liver cirrhosis, with no currently available sensitive diagnostic markers.