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 ...

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

Colonic manifestations of portal ... hypertension such as esophageal varices and portal gastropathy and seems likely to be related, at least in part, to the degree of elevation of portal venous ...

Unlike traditional portal venous hypertension (PVH), SVH does not involve ... In symptomatic cases, abdominal pain and hypersplenism with thrombocytopenia and pancytopenia are common.