The portal circulation

Portal circulation and portal hypertension.

During the last 25 years, there have been important developments in visualising the portal vein, in examining its contents, and in measuring the pressure of blood flowing within it. Radiologists have set the scene and now is the time of the scanner. These technical advances have been applied to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with portal hypertension, and many ingenious surgical techniq...

The circulation in portal hypertension.

While increased resistance to portal blood flow is a central feature of portal hypertension, the varied clinical presentations of this syndrome and their relation to the underlying divergent splanchnic hemodynamic patterns remain puzzling. Some patients present with massive ascites, repeated hemorrhage from ruptured esopha-geal varcies, and severe hypersplenism, whereas others with equivalent o...

Metabolic considerations of the portal circulation

In the last 20 years, understanding has evolved about what has become known as the 'hepatotrophic' concept. The hepatotrophic hypothesis holds that there are specific substances in the portal venous blood, not found in equal concentration in other kinds of blood, which are important for the maintenance of normal hepatic morphology, function, and the capacity for regeneration (Starzl & Terblanch...

Surgery of the liver and portal circulation.

Well, someone can decide by themselves what they want to do and need to do but sometimes, that kind of person will need some surgery of the liver and portal circulation references. People with open minded will always try to seek for the new things and information from many sources. On the contrary, people with closed mind will always think that they can do it by their principals. So, what kind ...

Anatomic Considerations of the Normal Portal Circulation