Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is increasingly frequently being diagnosed, but systematic descriptions of the natural history and clinical handling of the condition are sparse.

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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 ...

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The mechanism by which patients with portal hypertension develop portal hypertensive ... hydrostatic pressure of the free or wedged hepatic vein in hepatic cirrhosis. [22] Various studies have ...