Spleen stiffness measurement (SSM) offers a noninvasive method to diagnose portal hypertension in BCR::ABL1-negative MPN patients, potentially improving patient management. SSM captures hepatic ...

PHOENIX — The oral medication resmetirom significantly improved liver stiffness and reduced portal hypertension in metabolic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sustained virologic response occurred in 81.8% of patients after the first DAA treatment course. Despite this, ...

A phase 2 study of alrizomadlin, a novel MDM2/p53 inhibitor, in combination with pembrolizumab for treatment of patients with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (MPNST). This is an ASCO Meeting ...

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Colonic manifestations of portal hypertension include enlarged hemorrhoids, rectal varices and endoscopic features of diffuse vascular ectasia. The frequency of at least one of these features in ...

Just like the hypertension that people develop when their blood pressure increases, the increase of blood pressure in the main vein that supplies blood to the liver, called the portal vein, is also a ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure is a treatment method used to lower portal hypertension, or excessive pressure in your portal vein. This vein is responsible for ...

Subharmonic aided pressure estimation (SHAPE) represents an emerging noninvasive technique that leverages the nonlinear acoustic properties of ultrasound contrast agents to estimate pressure in ...

EXTRAHEPATIC obstruction of the portal venous system almost always involves primarily the portal vein, although extension of the process to the superior mesenteric vein has been observed. Thus, the ...

HEPATIC toxicity due to antimetabolite therapy is a well known complication in the treatment of leukemia. To our knowledge, hepatic damage resulting in portal hypertension and hypersplenism has not ...