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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In addition, cirrhosis distorts the liver's structure, causing blood congestion in the portal vein and, ultimately, raising your blood pressure. This state is called portal hypertension. Portal ...

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From the Department of Surgery, Tufts College Medical School, the Joseph H. Pratt Diagnostic Clinic and the New England Center Hospital. † Professor of surgery, Tufts College Medical School ...

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 ...