means nothing but a syndrome. In the majority of cases of Chiari's syndrome there is gross obstruction to the hepatic veins. It is also described that in a smaller group the obstruction may be limited to one lobe or part of the lobe. While the latter may be non-committally mentioned as thrombosis of the hepatic veins, it is to the obstruction occurring in the large hepatic veins that the name C...

Forty-nine patients with transposition of the great arteries who underwent a Mustard atrial baffle repair between 1964 and 1971 were assessed late postoperatively. There have been five late deaths: two related to baffle obstruction, two from noncardiac causes, and one sudden and unexpected. Hemodynamic data were available in 42 patients and autopsy in four. Obstruction of the lower venous chann...

Hepatic portal venous gas is a rare condition that occurs when intraluminal gas or gas produced by intestinal bacteria enters the portal venous circulation. It has recently been recognized as a rare complication of colon procedures by endoscopy or barium enema. Given the frequency of these procedures in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, hepatic portal venous gas may occur more frequentl...

Evidence is reviewed that an insufficient venous flow from the brain can cause cerebral atrophy and ventricular dilatation. The belief that hydrocephalus could not be caused by venous obstruction is the result of erroneous or inadequate concepts of venous anatomy.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of percutaneous one-channel double stent implantation on hilar biliary obstruction involving both hepatic ducts and its clinical value. A total of 8 patients with hilar biliary obstruction involving the left and right hepatic ducts were enrolled. A percutaneous unilateral approach was adopted. Two stents were implanted, one between the left and r...

The reference standard for portal venous pressure measurement which is clinically important for estimating the. feasibility of resection of hepatocellular carcinoma is the hepatic venous pressure gradient, which is, invasive and expqnsive. The present study evaluated the noninvasive parameters for assessment of portal hypertension in Child A patients with hepatocellular carcinoma on top of hepa...

Haemodynamic studies in 8 tribal patients from central India with veno-occlusive disease of the liver are reported. The disease was caused by eating cereals contaminated with seeds of a crotalaria species rich in toxic pyrrolizidine alkaloids similar to monocrotaline and fulvine. All patients showed raised hepatic venous wedge pressures and pressure gradients between hepatic venous wedge and fr...

PURPOSE We aimed to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of accessory hepatic vein recanalization (balloon dilatation/stent insertion) for patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) due to long-segment obstruction of the hepatic vein. METHODS From March 2010 to December 2013, 20 consecutive patients with BCS, due to long-segment obstruction of three hepatic veins, treated with accessor...