Portal hypertension, often caused by liver cirrhosis, results from increased pressure in the portal venous system due to obstructed blood flow and/or increased blood volume. This condition leads ...

Portal hypertension may not be associated with any clinical abnormalities but is usually accompanied by splenomegaly, esophageal varices, ascites or symptoms resulting from shunting of venous ...

Colonic manifestations of portal hypertension include enlarged hemorrhoids, rectal varices and endoscopic features of diffuse vascular ectasia. The frequency of at least one of these features in ...

Natural history of esophageal varices. In Recent Advances in the Pathophysiology and Treatment of Portal Hypertension (eds Bosch, J. & Rodès, J.) 127–142 (Serono Symposia Review, Rome ...

This new technique is more useful for the prediction of esophageal varices than conventional parameters for portal hypertension, such as SI and platelet count. Nonetheless, further studies are ...

Posthepatic portal hypertension can be caused by an inferior ... 20 It is important to note that the esophageal varices in this patient were managed with banding and the administration of beta ...

Simvastatin could be an effective therapy for portal hypertension, according to a study by Abraldes and colleagues, which shows that the drug decreases portal hypertension and improves liver ...

leading to the dilation of submucosal structures and the formation of gastric varices. Unlike traditional portal venous hypertension (PVH), SVH does not involve elevated pressures in the main ...

cirrhosis and portal hypertension. The NAVIGATE trial top-line results showed that while the incidence of varices at 18 months was 43.2% lower in patients treated with belapectin 2 mg vs placebo ...