Absence of large portal collateral vessels is associated with spontaneous improvement of cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis.

Shinya Yokoyama Yoji Ishizu Takashi HondaNorihiro ImaiTakanori ItoKenta YamamotoTomoyuki TsuzukiMasatoshi Ishigami

Published in: Hepatology research : the official journal of the Japan Society of Hepatology (2021)

Spontaneous improvement of PVT in patients with LC can be expected when large collateral vessels are absent. For these patients, the option of observing them without anticoagulation can be considered in expectation of spontaneous reduction of PVT.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
atrial fibrillation
peritoneal dialysis
high resolution
solid phase extraction
tandem mass spectrometry