Learn about the increased pressure in the portal vein, its causes like cirrhosis, and resulting complications such as ...
along with a dilated portal vein. Color Doppler flow imaging shows hepatic veins display alternating red. Contrast-enhanced liver ultrasound suggests the hepatic arteriovenous fistula and inferior ...
BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...
Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is increasingly frequently being diagnosed, but systematic descriptions of the natural history and clinical handling of the condition are sparse.
Jugular vein aneurysm is a rare morphologic entity. This report describes a case of an asymptomatic internal jugular vein aneurysm that presented as an enlarging mass in the neck. Diagnosis was ...
Jugular vein distention (JVD) causes a bulge in the veins running down the right side of a person’s neck. It results from increased pressure in a large vein called the vena cava. JVD can signify ...
Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is a rare vascular compression disorder that involves compression of the left renal vein most commonly between the aorta and the superior mesenteric artery (SMA), although ...
© 2025 American Heart Association, Inc. Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy (X.W., M.A., C.E.E.), University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia ...
Inferior vena cava (IVC) agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly that has been implicated in up to 5% of unprovoked deep vein thrombosis (DVT) cases in young men under 30 years old. We present the case ...