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Portal Vein Function, Location, and Anatomy
The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to ...
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Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome)
The antiphospholipid syndrome associated with hepatic vein thrombosis has usually been of the primary type; that is, the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic ...
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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 ...
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Update on the classification, assessment of prognosis and therapy of Budd–Chiari syndrome
14 HEPATIC VENOGRAPHY was considered the most ... The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting is to convert the portal vein into an outflow tract (reversed portal flow), thus decompressing ...
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Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome)
Hepatic vein thrombosis is caused by one or several thrombogenic conditions, of which myeloproliferative disorders are the most frequent. Thrombosis and its fibrous sequelae can affect the veins ...