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 ...

Portal hypertension in cirrhosis is mainly the result ... treatment by insertion of a catheter into the main right hepatic vein to measure wedged and free hepatic vein pressures.

causing blood congestion in the portal vein and, ultimately, raising your blood pressure. This state is called portal ...