portal hypertension
Idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension: a review
... non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (INCPH) is a rare disease characterized of intrahepatic portal hypertension in the absence of cirrhosis or other causes of liver disease and splanchnic venous ...
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Inflammation: a way to understanding the evolution of portal hypertension
... The persistence in the expression of old metabolic states, linked to the deficient use of oxygen, could be associated with the accumulation of metabolites that in ancient evo- lutive states favored life. Today, some of ...
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Liver transplantation for a patient with Turner syndrome presenting severe portal hypertension: a case report and literature review
... of portal perfusion and enhanced arterial perfusion in the corresponding area ...the portal venous system, may occur in TS ...presinusoidal portal hypertension caused by congenital hypoplasia ...
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A Case of Sarcoidosis Presenting as Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension
... Cirrhosis is seen in less than 1% of the patients that can further lead to portal hypertension in 3% of the patients [6-10,15]. Liver sarcoidosis is often difficult to diagnose considering the absence of ...
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Quantitative modeling of the physiology of ascites in portal hypertension
... of portal hypertension, given that both classes of drugs seemingly produce similar reductions in portal hemodynamics as measured by the P HVPG ...
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Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension: current perspectives
... small portal veins have been suggested to account for the high prevalence of INCPH in low socioeconomic areas with a high abdominal infection rate at birth and in early ...of portal hypertension in ...
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Background: Porto pulmonary hypertension (PoPH) is combination of portal hypertension and pre
... with portal hypertension and or liver disease (ascites / varices / splenomegaly) have mean pulmonary artery pressure MPAP > 25 mm at rest / pulmonary vascular resistance – PVR > 240 dynes / pulmonary ...
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Effect of solid and liquid meal on post prandial portal vein flow velocity in healthy volunteers and cirrhosis patient with portal hypertension
... of portal hypertension show significant correlation between the diameters of portal vein and splanchnic ...The portal hemodynamic parameter (blood flow velocity) is significantly related to ...
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Original Article Radiological score for hemorrhage in the patients with portal hypertension
... Our study showed that inferior mesenteric vein, esophageal varices, posterior gastric vein, and short gastric vein were correlated with hemor- rhage of portal hypertension. For inferior mes- enteric vein ...
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Coexisting giant splenic artery and portal vein aneurysms leading to non cirrhotic portal hypertension: a case report
... isolated portal vein aneurysms have been reported since their first description in 1956 by Barzilai and Kleckner ...and portal vein aneurysms, measuring ...tal hypertension, ascites, and massive ...
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Causes of Peripheral Blood Cytopenias in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis Portal Hypertension and Clinical Significances
... The significance of exploring the causes of hemocytopenia in the peripheral blood in the patients with cirrhotic portal hypertension lies in its guidance for treatment and evaluation for therapeutic effects ...
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Role of Portal Hypertension in Prediction of Bacterial Infection in Decompensated Cirrhosis
... by portal hypertension, is defined as the migration of viable mi- croorganisms from the intestinal lumen to mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN) and other extra-intestinal organs and ...
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Transjugular intrahepatic portal shunt in the treatment of portal hypertension due to cirrhosis: single center experience
... Portal hypertension is an increase in the pressure within the portal vein, which carries the blood from the digest- ive organs to the liver ...[1]. Portal hypertension is one of ...
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Characteristics and natural history of gastric varices in portal hypertension.
... of portal hypertension, index bleed , subsequent bleed with dates, volume of blood vomiting, presence of liver cell failure feature at the time of bleed, use of Sengstaken Blackmore tube to arrest bleeding, ...
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Role of color doppler ultrasonography in evaluation of portal hypertension
... and portal haemodynamics. Thus, many attempts to assess portal hypertension by Doppler ultrasonography have been made in patients with ...assessing portal hypertension in cirrhotic ...
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SURGICAL EXPERIENCE WITH PORTAL HYPERTENSION DUE TO HEPATOPORTAL SCLEROSIS (NONCIRRHOTIC PORTAL FIBROSIS)
... Hepatoportal sclerosis or idiopathic portal hypertension has a worl dwide distribution with prevalence in developing and temperate countries. Of 64 patients with this disease seen during a twelve year ...
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Advances and challenges in cirrhosis and portal hypertension
... and portal hypertension is now possible using simple non-invasive methods, leading to the advancement of individualized risk stratification in clinical ...
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Liver and spleen transient elastography predicts portal hypertension in patients with chronic liver disease: a prospective cohort study
... elastography. We expected that spleen elastography might be more accurate than liver elastography for evalu- ation of HVPG subgroups because it reflects dynamic component of portal hypertension. ...
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Severe bleeding from esophageal varices resistant to endoscopic treatment in a non cirrhotic patient with portal hypertension
... described portal vein lesions similar to those in our ...with portal hypertension secondary to portal vein ...whom portal hyper- tension is related to thrombosis or portal ...
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Didanosine Exposure and Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension in a HIV Clinic in North America: a Follow-up Study
... Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) is a rare but increasingly recognized cause of liver morbidity and mortality among otherwise well controlled HIV patients (Maida et ...distal portal vein ...
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