Portal circulation and portal hypertension. [PDF]
Gut, 1978 During the last 25 years, there have been important developments in visualising the portal vein, in examining its contents, and in measuring the pressure of blood flowing within it. Radiologists have set the scene and now is the time of the scanner.
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Portal hypertension in cirrhosis: Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapyKey points
JHEP Reports, 2021 Summary: Portal hypertension, defined as increased pressure in the portal vein, develops as a consequence of increased intrahepatic vascular resistance due to the dysregulation of liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) and hepatic stellate cells ...
Yasuko Iwakiri, Jonel Trebicka
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Etiology and Clinical Outcome of Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Portal Vein Thrombosis [PDF]
, 2010 The liver receives approximately one-third of the resting cardiac output. Blood flow to the liver is supplied by both an arterial (hepatic artery) and a venous (portal vein) system and three hepatic veins provide drainage of blood from the liver to the ...
Hoekstra, J. (Jildou)
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Intestinal transplantation in children under FK 506 immunosuppression [PDF]
, 1993 Intestinal transplantation, solitary (n = 3) or in combination with the liver (n = 7), was performed in 10 pediatric patients with intestinal failure. The liver was only replaced if there was liver failure and portal hypertension.
Adrian Casavilla +26 more
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Portal hypertension in cirrhosis: Pathophysiological mechanisms and therapy
JHEP Reports, 2021 Y. Iwakiri, J. Trebicka
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Seminars in interventional radiology, 2018 Interventional radiology's role in the management of portal hypertension in the pediatric population differs from the management of adult portal hypertension.
V. Young, S. Rajeswaran
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Effect of Pulse Shaping on Subharmonic Aided Pressure Estimation In Vitro and In Vivo. [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVES: Subharmonic imaging (SHI) is a technique that uses the nonlinear oscillations of microbubbles when exposed to ultrasound at high pressures transmitting at the fundamental frequency ie, f METHODS: Eight waveforms with different envelopes were ...
Dave, Jaydev K. +11 more
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Comparison of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt with covered stent and balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration in managing isolated gastric varices [PDF]
, 2017 OBJECTIVE: Although a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) is commonly placed to manage isolated gastric varices, balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration (BRTO) has also been used. We compare the long-term outcomes from these
Kim, Seung Kwon +3 more
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Austrian consensus guidelines on the management and treatment of portal hypertension (Billroth III)
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2017 SummaryThe Billroth III guidelines were developed during a consensus meeting of the Austrian Society of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (ÖGGH) and the Austrian Society of Interventional Radiology (ÖGIR) held on 18 February 2017 in Vienna.
T. Reiberger +24 more
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Portal Vein Aneurysm: Incidental Detection of Uncommon Entity as Cause of Chronic Abdominal Pain [PDF]
, 2013 Portal vein aneurysm is an uncommon anomaly. Both congenital and acquired cases are reported. We report a case of idiopathic probably congenital portal vein aneurysm incidentally detected on contrast CT. There was no evidence of any chronic liver disease
Aruna Kumari +4 more
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