The hepatic portal vein is a blood vessel that supplies blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the capillary beds of the liver. The hepatic portal vein is one of two main blood supplies ...

Measuring liver stiffness using transient elastography can predict severe portal hypertension in patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis, according to a new study in the May issue of Hepatology, ...

A high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subspecies produced by small intestine, which potently shields the endotoxicity of bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), may protect against gut-derived liver injury, ...

PHOENIX — The oral medication resmetirom significantly improved liver stiffness and reduced portal hypertension in metabolic ...

Portal Hypertension Symptoms and Their ComplicationsPortal hypertension is a condition in which increased pressure within the portal vein—an important vessel that carries blood from the stomach and ...

A 40-year-old man underwent liver transplantation for cirrhosis related to hepatitis B and C viruses in March 2001. Pneumonia and bacteremia with Klebsiella pneumoniae developed. Seven days after ...

MASH patients exhibit a higher spleen-to-liver stiffness ratio than ALD patients, indicating a presinusoidal component in portal hypertension. The study found that MASH patients have larger spleen ...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is a type of liver disease that is present from birth. It typically affects the function of the bile ducts and the veins that carry blood from the digestive tract to the ...

Algorithm for blood-based panel of methylated DNA and protein markers to detect early-stage hepatocellular carcinoma with high specificity. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2020 ASCO Annual ...

HEPATIC pyemia signifies invasion of the liver by pyogenic organisms, resulting in the formation of single or multiple liver abscesses. The widespread use of antibiotics has not eliminated this ...

Liver resection is recommended to treat some types of cancer originating in the liver (hepatocellular cancer, bile duct cancer, and gallbladder cancer), and occasionally benign liver tumors that are ...