Introduction Vascular invasion and metastasis are poor prognostic factors in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The efficacy of available therapeutic regimens for unresectable HCC is not ...

Methods: Porcine livers are perfused on an ex vivo perfusion machine and hemodynamic experiments investigating the hepatic arterial resistance response to portal vein flow and vena cava pressure ...

Figure 2 Ultrasonographic image in B-mode of a healthy adult mixed breed cat at one year of age. Vessels can be visualized in the right intercostal view, between the 10th and 11th ribs: aorta (1); ...

Vena cava filters are now available for protection from pulmonary embolism. This review provides the current knowledge on these devices.

Portal vein thrombosis can occur in patients with nephrotic syndrome. Learn key diagnostic and treatment considerations by reading this Case Study of a 52-year-old man admitted with abdominal pain.

In a left diaphragmatic shunt, the vessel originates from a left peripheral branch of the portal vein and communicates with the inferior phrenic vein at the level of the triangular ligament, ...

Fecal and peripheral blood samples were collected from all; portal vein samples were obtained from 16 patients undergoing TIPS. 16S rRNA sequencing was performed on fecal, peripheral blood, and portal ...