Your hepatic veins transport low-oxygen blood from your digestive tract to your heart and ultimately to your lungs. A blockage in your hepatic veins could lead to serious problems with your liver.

Cite this: Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome) - Medscape - Feb 01, 2002. Abstract and Introduction; Physiopathologic and Histopathologic Consequences of Hepatic Vein Thrombosis; ...

The relative risk of hepatic-vein thrombosis among women who use oral contraceptives is 2.37, which is similar to their relative risk of stroke, myocardial infarction, and venous thromboembolism ...

IN recent years the technic of measuring the pressure in the wedged hepatic vein by means of catheterizing the hepatic vein has been utilized for assessing the level of the portal-vein pressure in ...

Understanding Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome) Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by April Kahn — Updated on July 9, 2017 Causes ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis following liver resection Date: January 31, 2011 Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology Summary: A research team from France reported two cases of postoperative hepatic ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...

The femoral vein is cannulated and a multi‑lumen, double-balloon catheter is inserted into the inferior vena cava and across the hepatic veins. The balloons are inflated so that all blood leaving the ...

Evidence-based recommendations on melphalan chemosaturation with percutaneous hepatic artery perfusion and hepatic vein isolation for primary or metastatic cancer in the liver. This involves diverting ...

Most patients had lesions involving at least six segments in combination with involvement of major vessels (ie, hepatic vein, portal vein, and/or inferior vena cava), which would require resection of ...