Up to 50% of portal vein thrombosis remains undiagnosed until liver transplantation.

Josephine BertAnja GeertsAude VanlanderLuis Abreu de CarvalhoHelena DegrooteFrederik BerrevoetXavier RogiersHans van VlierbergheXavier P D M J Verhelst

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2020)

Portal vein thrombosis occurred in 10% of patients awaiting LT was undiagnosed in 50% until moment of LT and had a deleterious effect on 1-year survival. Anticoagulation showed a beneficial trend on recanalization of PVT and survival rate.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
pulmonary embolism
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
atrial fibrillation
prognostic factors
free survival
venous thromboembolism