Portal vein thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis and its impact on early and long-term outcomes after liver transplantation.

Ahad EshraghianSaman NikeghbalianKourosh KazemiMohsenreza MansoorianAlireza ShamsaeefarHesameddin EghlimiSiavash GholamiHeshmatollah SalahiSeyed Ali Malek-Hosseini

Published in: International journal of clinical practice (2018)

Portal vein thrombosis prevalence is high in pretransplant period. NASH related cirrhosis and diabetes mellitus might be risk factors for PVT. More intense screening of these patients for PVT is warranted.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
pulmonary embolism
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
prognostic factors
type diabetes
adipose tissue
metabolic syndrome