25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany; Martin.Hennenberg{at}ukb.uni-bonn.de In liver cirrhosis, abnormal persistent extrahepatic vasodilation leads to hyperdynamic circulatory dysfunction which essentially ...

Intrahepatic causes of portal hypertension were excluded. Colonoscopy revealed marked swelling of the mucosa, with no suspicious lesions. Multiple peritoneal fluid cytologies were consistently ...

I was subsequently advised a doppler and ultrasound. I was detected with a disease called ... Caput medusa is a clinical sign that helps in diagnosing portal hypertension. Chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome ...

The Bristol Liver Unit and Bristol Heart Institute are collaborating to review their cohort of patients in a joint clinic. We have reviewed the current data looking at markers of portal hypertension.

Methods: Seventy patients with liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension were prospectively studied. Indication for laparoscopic splenectomy was bleeding tendency in 10 patients, induction of ...

The veins can rupture and bleed, resulting in potentially life-threatening complications. The most common cause of portal hypertension is cirrhosis of the liver. In cirrhosis, the scar tissue blocks ...

Ours is the only multidisciplinary clinic in the western United States for children with complications of portal hypertension. Here, experienced liver transplant surgeons, hepatologists, ...

benign liver masses, primary (original) and metastatic (spreading) hepatic malignancies, and portal hypertension. Some of the more common hepatobiliary diseases and conditions surgeons and physicians ...

(C) Tridimensional reconstruction showing the collateral vessels ascending through the right hemidiaphragm Transdiaphragmatic collateral circulation is a rare form of shunting in portal hypertension .