Nature

Demonstration of reversed flow in segmental branches of the portal vein with hand-held color Doppler ultrasonography after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

In the early period following stem cell transplantation (SCT), hepatic veno-occlusive disease (VOD) is a severe complication; occurring in 10–50% of patients. 1, 2 ...
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Systemic thrombolysis of acute portal venous system thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis: a pilot study

The prevalence of Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT) varies significantly at different stages of liver disease: 10% in compensated patients, 17% in decompensated patients, 9% in those with acute ...
Nature

Hepatic arterial buffer response: pathologic evidence in non-cirrhotic human liver with extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis

Increase in hepatic arterial flow in response to reduced portal flow (hepatic arterial buffer response) has been demonstrated experimentally and surgically. We provide pathologic evidence for hepatic ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Effect of Epinephrine and Posterior Pituitary Extract on the Wedged-Hepatic-Vein Pressure in Normal Patients and in Those with Liver Disease

IN recent years the technic of measuring the pressure in the wedged hepatic vein by means of catheterizing the hepatic vein has been utilized for assessing the level of the portal-vein pressure in man ...