One is the hepatic artery, which brings in oxygen-rich blood from the heart. The other is the portal vein, which delivers blood from your stomach, intestines, and the rest of your digestive system.

Portal hypertension is responsible for severe and often lethal complications of cirrhosis. Another important syndrome is hepatic encephalopathy as a consequence of acute and chronic liver failure ...

A model can predict the risk for portal vein thrombosis in patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation, a large database study shows, but whether prophylaxis can help has to be determined.

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a blood clot of the portal vein, also known as the hepatic portal vein. A PVT blocks the blood flow from the intestines to the liver. Although it is treatable, PVT ...

Objective: The aim of the study was to establish and study an intrahepatic portal vein infection hepatic alveolar echinococcosis (HAE) C57 mouse model and provide a theoretical basis for clinical ...

The hepatic portal vein is a blood vessel that supplies blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the capillary beds of the liver. The hepatic portal vein is one of two main blood ...

A prognostic model to predict survival after hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy for hepatocellular carcinoma with portal vein invasion. Authors: Jian He, Zhiqiang Mo, Qicong Mai, Feng Shi, and ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis (HVT) is an obstruction in the hepatic veins of the liver caused by a blood clot. This condition blocks the drainage system of your liver, impeding blood flow back to your ...

Thus, ligation of the hepatic artery in cats produced no significant fall in pressure in the portal vein or wedged hepatic venule. 1 On the other hand, several workers have postulated that, in the ...