Portosystemic shunt (PSS) - also known as a liver shunt - in dogs is a medical condition that affects the normal flow of blood through the liver. Under typical circumstances, blood from the intestine, ...

The diagnosis was that of a spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunt. Spontaneous intrahepatic portosystemic venous shunts are rare disorders that describe abnormal connections between ...

Roughly half as many patients with cirrhosis in remission from overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) experienced a breakthrough ...

Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to a third country for advanced treatment ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will be taken to London first and then to another country for advanced treatment very soon, if ...

Which type of therapy is best? A recent study compared endoscopic cyanoacrylate glue injection with the insertion of a transjuglar intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. Gastric variceal hemorrhage is ...

Considering her health condition, we have started preparations to transfer her to a multidisciplinary hospital abroad as quickly as possible, her personal physician Professor AZM Zahid Hossain says ...

Portosystemic shunting has been thought to be one of the factors in the pathogenesis of hepatic neuropathy. [21] However, Chari et al. [5] did not find a higher incidence of neuropathy in patients ...

Our group also performs Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts (TIPS), varicocele embolization, uterine fibroid embolization, prostate artery embolization, dialysis related interventions, ...

Last week, BioVie announced a significant milestone: a Notice of Allowance from the Japan Patent Office for its application regarding a novel liquid formulation of terlipressin. This formulation, ...

Portal hypertension is an abnormal increase in blood pressure defined clinically as hepatic venous pressure gradient 5 mmHg in the hepatic portal vein system. Causes of portal hypertension ...