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Medical Journal Armed Forces India, 2012 Portal hypertension is a clinical syndrome defined by a portal venous pressure gradient, exceeding 5 mm Hg. In this book the causes of its development and complications are described.
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Imaging Approach to Portal Hypertension
Journal of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, 2023 Increase in portal venous pressure (termed portal hypertension) is seen in a variety of liver diseases. Imaging tests are useful to detect portal hypertension and identify its cause.
Antony Augustine +5 more
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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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Paediatrica Indonesiana, 2017 A case of portal hypertension in a 9-year-old Indonesian female child is presented. The diagnosis was made by demonstrating oesophageal vanices radiologically and surgically, and by measuring the portal venous pressure. Portocaval side to side shunt was done resulting in diminishing of the oesophageal varices, disappearance of hypersplenism, and a ...
I D, Arif, M, Said, E M, Halimun
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives [PDF]
Hepatic Medicine: Evidence and Research, 2016 Oliviero Riggio,1 Stefania Gioia,1 Ilaria Pentassuglio,1 Valeria Nicoletti,1 Michele Valente,2 Giulia d’Amati2 1Department of Clinical Medicine, Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Portal Hypertension, 2Department of Radiological, Oncological,
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Portal hypertension is associated with modulation of regulatory T cells
European Journal of Inflammation, 2016 Background: Portal hypertension is a complication of liver cirrhosis. The portal vein drains the spleen and the intestines, which are both rich in inflammatory mediators.
Tomer Adar +9 more
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Regression of portal hypertension: underlying mechanisms and therapeutic strategies. [PDF]
, 2021 Portal hypertension is the main non-neoplastic complication of chronic liver disease, being the cause of important life-threatening events including the development of ascites or variceal bleeding.
Sonia Selicean +11 more
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Noninvasive Detection of Clinically Significant Portal Hypertension in Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease. [PDF]
, 2021 Patients with compensated advanced chronic liver disease have different prognoses depending on the presence of portal hypertension. Current non-invasive diagnostic methods allow identification of clinically significant portal hypertension.
Berzigotti, Annalisa +5 more
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Pregnancy with extrahepatic portal venous hypertension [PDF]
, 2021 We are reporting a case of pregnancy with extrahepatic portal venous hypertension. Portal hypertension in pregnancy is an uncommon event. It presents a challenge to the obstetrician in management as physiological hemodynamic changes associated with ...
S., Sapna I. +5 more
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