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 ...

Restoration of hepatic blood outflow can be achieved by ... The procedure is suitable for patients with portal vein thrombosis. [71] The development of percutaneous angioplasty has made this ...

The portal vein carries nutrient-rich blood from the organs in the digestive system to the liver, while the hepatic veins carry deoxygenated blood from the liver back to the heart. A TIPS ...

Abbreviations: HAI, hepatic arterial infusion; HV, hepatic veins; PV, portal veins; IVC, inferior vena cava. No. of hepatic segments involved by tumor. No. of hepatic veins involved by tumor of the ...

The liver hilum allows structures including the common duct, hepatic artery proper, and portal vein to enter and leave the liver. The liver is an organ located in the right upper quadrant of the ...

Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) combined with transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) versus TACE and TKIs alone for unresectable hepatocellular ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...