What Part Of The Body Does Bipolar Disease Affect?
A portacaval shunt is a treatment for high blood pressure in the liver. A connection is made between the portal vein, which supplies 75% of the liver's blood, and the inferior vena cava, the vein that drains blood from the lower two-thirds of the body.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The most common causes of liver disease resulting in portal hypertension are cirrhosis caused by alcohol abuse and viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C). Less common causes include diseases such...
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Portacaval shunt
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Patients with portal hypertension will have varices, which are swellings of veins near the esophagus and rectum caused by backup of blood in the... Read more »
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