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 ...

Cirrhosis progresses in stages, from a compensated phase with few symptoms to a decompensated phase with serious ...

During a Community Case Forum event, Stacey Stein, MD, discussed data guiding the use of current regimens for the treatment ...

Purpose Published evidence on the incidence and predictors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with cirrhosis of the liver is reviewed. Summary The frequently observed phenomenon of ...

While those efficacy results are impressive, there were safety issues with the procedure, which involves an infusion into the hepatic portal vein, as well as the need to take immunosuppressing ...

PHOENIX — Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard has been diagnosed with a deep vein thrombosis (blood clots) in his right calf, the team announced in a statement Tuesday. The team said Lillard ...

The liver is largely comprised of hepatocytes, but Kupffer cells, endothelial cells and hepatic stellate cells are also present.