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Portal Vein: Location, Anatomy, and Function
The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to ...
Nature17 天
Portal hypertension articles from across Nature Portfolio
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 ...
Nature5 年
Simvastatin might be an effective therapy for portal hypertension in cirrhosis
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 ...
Medscape4 天
Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome)
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 ...
Medscape2 天
Management of Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma in the Era of Multimodal Therapy
Type I lesions involve the common hepatic duct (CHD ... ± unilateral extension to second-order biliary and ipsilateral portal vein involvement ± ipsilateral hepatic lobar atrophy T3 Tumor ...