Acquired shunts are usually multiple, and are caused by portal hypertension in dogs with liver disease.
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It is also a symptom of portal hypertension.
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The human liver after exposure to therapeutic drugs may exhibit hepatic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, fibrosis, and cirrhosis.
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The patients with portal hypertension live miserable lives with attacks of vomiting blood and episodes of unconsciousness.
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These act as an important portacaval anastomosis in severe portal hypertension, resulting in a caput medusae presentation.
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Since it treats the root cause of portal hypertension gastropathy, it has been putatively used for the condition.
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Indications for transplantation include recurrent bacterial cholangitis, decompensated cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, hilar cholangiocarcinoma, and complications of portal hypertension.
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A high gradient ( > 1.1 g / dL ) indicates the ascites is due to portal hypertension.
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The FDA said about 8, 000 patients a year require treatment for severe portal hypertension, a life-threatening condition.
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There is a risk of bleeding and elevation of blood pressure called portal hypertension, which can cause liver damage.
