Portal hypertension | Radiology Reference Article - Radiopaedia.org
2024年9月18日 · Hepatic venous pressure gradient is a surrogate for the portosystemic pressure gradient. Clinically significant portal hypertension is defined as a gradient >10 mmHg and variceal bleeding may occur at a gradient >12 mmHg.
Clinical characteristics of cirrhosis patients with umbilical vein ...
This study investigated the relationship between umbilical vein recanalization and portal hypertension with cirrhosis and its complications, portal vein thrombosis, cirrhosis stage classification (Child-pugh classification, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) scores).
Umbilical Vein Recanalization - The American Journal of the …
A computed tomography of the abdomen was performed. It revealed hepatic fibrosis with a dysmorphic hepatomegaly and signs of portal hypertension with an increased diameter of portal vein, splenomegaly and paraesophageal shunts. It also revealed a recanalized umbilical vein (FIGURE B and C).
The recanalized umbilical vein in portal hypertension: a myth
The demonstration of a vessel in the falciform ligament, traditionally presumed to be a reopened umbilical vein, is an important sonographic sign of portal hypertension.
Recanalized Umbilical Vein | New England Journal of Medicine
2007年10月18日 · Coronal T 2 -weighted imaging (Panel B) showed a recanalized umbilical vein (arrow) coursing in the anterior abdominal wall to the umbilicus. Normally, after interruption of the placental...
A recanalized umbilical vein is usually associated with presence of portal hypertension, whose main cause is cirrhosis. It is an important clinical sign because the umbilical vein appears in severe cases of cirrhosis or por-tal hypertension and is commonly associated with pres-ence of oesophageal varices and bleeding.2. REFERENCES.
Clinical characteristics of cirrhosis patients with umbilical vein ...
2021年9月3日 · Umbilical Vein Recanalization (UVR) may occur in patients with long-standing portal hypertension and liver cirrhosis.
Sonographic features of umbilical vein recanalization for a Rex …
2020年11月11日 · To investigate the efficacy of a recanalized umbilical vein as a conduit for a Rex shunt on CTPV in children by ultrasonography. METHODS. A total of 47 children who were diagnosed with CTPV with prehepatic portal hypertension in the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, were enrolled in this study.
Umbilical Vein Recanalization - PubMed
Umbilical Vein Recanalization. Am J Med Sci. 2021 May;361 (5):e41. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.07.012. Epub 2020 Jul 10. Authors. Martin Michaud 1 , Sunniva Ranaivojaona 2 , Cristian Livideanu 3 , Cécile Mery 4 , Francis Gaches 2. Affiliations. 1 Department of Internal Medicine, Joseph Ducuing Hospital, Toulouse, France.
[PDF] Recanalized Umbilical Vein in the Presence of Cirrhosis …
A recanalized umbilical vein is a sonographic finding that is common in patients with cirrhosis or portal hypertension and a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt or TIPS is the most common treatment to help relieve portal hypertension.
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