The liver helps metabolize carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the body. Nutrients and other substances that are absorbed in ...

Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...

is affected by the rate blood flows into the liver via the 'portal' vein from the intestine. Previous research has shown that blood flow in the portal vein increases and decreases throughout the ...

In the human fetal liver, bile ducts are formed from bile duct epithelial cells surrounding the portal vein, and hepatocytes ...

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 ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a challenging complication in liver cirrhosis, with no currently available sensitive diagnostic markers. This study aimed to investigate the potential of neutrophil ...

A groundbreaking medical case at KMC Hospital in Mangaluru sees a three-year-old boy recover from Budd-Chiari syndrome and ...