The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to the liver from the stomach, intestines, spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...