Frequent complications were splenomegaly, oesophageal- and gastric varices with or without bleeding, portal ... vein thrombosis (PVT) is increasingly frequently being diagnosed by wide use of ...

Extensive paraesophageal and mesenteric varices were present; the portal vein and superior ... access to the right femoral vein to position the intravascular ultrasound catheter in the ...

and conditions leading to decreased portal flow have been reported to contribute to the aetiology of extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis (EPVT). Mortality of patients with EPVT may be associated with ...

Nonselective beta blockers or endoscopic band ligation (EVL) are recommended for primary prophylaxis of variceal bleeding in patients with esophageal varices. However, it has been found that ...

To understand this, you need to know about the portal vein. Basically ... where enlarged veins called varices can form. These esophageal varices are fragile and they're prone to rupturing and ...

Anatomical vascular phenotypes of the liver are commonly obtained using multimodality imaging techniques such as CT, MRI, ultrasound and with histological analysis of the ... including the ...

Ultrasound is a non-invasive imaging technique that uses the differential reflectance of acoustic waves at ultrasonic frequencies to detect objects and measure distances. It is commonly used for ...

NBA All-Star Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis in his right shoulder, the San Antonio Spurs announced Thursday.

Let's look at just what exactly deep vein thrombosis is, and what previous instances of it in the NBA can tell us. Subscribe to The Whiteboard, FanSided’s daily email newsletter on everything ...