Reversed flow in the portal branches in liver segments 4 (P4) and/or 5 (P5) and main trunk of the portal vein was detected in nine of 56 patients (16.1%) using hand-held color Doppler US.

The portal vein is responsible for approximately 70% of blood supply to the liver. Decrease in portal flow leads to compensatory increase in hepatic arterial flow, which is termed hepatic arterial ...

Portal vein thrombosis may affect the body of the portal vein, its smaller branches in the liver, or the blood vessels of the portal vein that extend to the spleen.

The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to the liver from the stomach, intestines, spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas.

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is defined by partial or complete thrombosis of the main, right, or left portal vein, by extension of thrombus into the intrahepatic portal vein branches or the ...

The other is the portal vein, which delivers blood from your stomach, intestines, and the rest of your digestive system. What Hepatic Veins Do Your blood supplies oxygen and nutrients to all the ...

Background: Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) accompanied with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) have a poor prognosis. Although transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) plus sorafenib ...

Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT)—the formation of a thrombus within the portal vein or its branches (superior mesenteric and splenic veins)—arises from local and systemic prothrombotic factors ...

Injections of contrast material into the right and left branches of the portal vein, individually, confirmed the preoperative catheterization studies showing 1 major complex of communications ...