Specifically, we aim to: 1. Assess the sensitivity and specificity of liver stiffness measurement (LSM) using transient elastography for diagnosing clinically significant portal hypertension (CSPH) ...

While the role of hepatic fibrosis in cirrhotic portal hypertension is undeniable, the underlying mechanisms involving intrahepatic ... An important feature of cirrhotic portal hypertension is ...

Diagnosis: Primary splenic lymphoma with hepatic infiltration causing portal hypertension and ascites. Management: Paracentesis, dietary sodium restriction and diuretics, splenectomy, splenorenal ...

az.vub.ac.be Accumulating evidence suggests that stellate cells are involved in the regulation of the liver microcirculation and portal hypertension. Activated hepatic stellate cells have the ...

The present study suggests that: (i) spleen volume is significantly related to PHG severity; and (ii) laparoscopic splenectomy is one of the effective therapies for PHG in patients with liver ...

These guidelines on transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent-shunt (TIPSS) in the management of portal hypertension have been commissioned by the Clinical Services and Standards Committee (CSSC) ...

IN the course of chronic liver disease the development of portal hypertension and the subsequent ... splenoportography was attempted, but the spleen could not be entered. A portogram was obtained ...

Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS) is caused by obstruction of hepatic venous outflow at any ... of portosystemic shunting is to convert the portal vein into an outflow tract (reversed portal flow ...

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