Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery is associated with adverse outcomes. Venous congestion can impair kidney function, but few tools are available to assess its impact at the bedside. The ...

Doppler ultrasonography is the first imaging technique to be used for portal vein thrombosis (PVT) diagnosis; it is well-tolerated, accurate and a negative examination performed by a trained operator ...

Background—In the Fontan circulation, pulmonary and systemic vascular resistances are in series. The implications of this unique arrangement on infradiaphragmatic venous physiology are poorly ...

Splenectomy is a palliative management technique in children with β-thalassemia. Portal thrombosis is the most dreaded complication after splenectomy that requires fast diagnosis, effective therapy, ...

A recent study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of systemic thrombolysis for acute portal vein thrombosis in patients with liver cirrhosis. Ten compensated cirrhotic patients with acute ...