Chronic liver disease including cirrhosis can impede portal vein function and your general health. One issue is ascites, the build-up of fluid in the abdominal cavity. Cirrhosis causes pressure to ...

When the portal vein is thrombosed and the superior mesenteric vein is patent, liver transplantation can be considered. When both portal and superior mesenteric veins are obstructed, dorsocranial ...

The main end point was the change in portal pressure. HVPG was determined before and after treatment by insertion of a catheter into the main right hepatic vein to measure wedged and free hepatic ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a challenging complication in liver cirrhosis, with no currently available sensitive diagnostic markers. This study aimed to investigate the potential of neutrophil ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites ... or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver function tests; when liver disease is documented in a patient known ...