Although much research on the mechanisms of portal hypertension has focused on liver fibrosis, less attention has been given to the role of intrahepatic ... leading to increased portal vein pressure.

The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting is to convert the portal vein into an ... can be placed in the intrahepatic IVC, followed by a surgical infrahepatic shunt.

and that regression of varices was more pronounced in patients who were treated with active endoscopy combined with pharmacological treatment. The pre-publication history for this paper can be ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis is caused by one ... Percutaneous angioplasty, followed by portosystemic shunt (including a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent shunt) and eventually liver ...