A study conducted at Harvard University identified a group of metabolites that travel from the intestine to the liver and ...

A study reveals that the liver acts as a bidirectional hub, exchanging gut-microbiome-derived metabolic products with the ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a blood clot of the portal vein, also known as the hepatic portal vein. A PVT blocks the blood flow from the intestines to the liver. Although it is treatable, PVT can ...

The underlying conditions favoring or precipitating hepatic vein or inferior vena cava thrombosis must be recognized and treated. This essential part of therapy is beyond the scope of this review.

Estimation of hepatic blood flow is of importance in studies of portal hypertension since factors that alter blood flow generally tend to affect intrasinusoidal pressure. A variety of substances have ...

Phase III Randomized Trial of FOLFIRI Versus FOLFOX4 in the Treatment of Advanced Colorectal Cancer: A Multicenter Study of the Gruppo Oncologico Dell’Italia Meridionale Fifty-one patients undergoing ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hepatic arterial infusion pump (HAIP) chemotherapy, developed in the 1980s, has shown efficacy as an advanced ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...