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 ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...

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.

These specialist canines and their handlers are likely to find more casualties in the weeks to come, according to cadaver dog expert Cat Warren. A former journalist and English professor at N.C. State ...