The portal vein is formed by the merging of the splenic vein, which brings blood from the spleen, and the superior mesenteric ...

This condition arises due to increased pressure in the splenic vein (SV), causing blood to drain through the short gastric ...

Of the specific vascular lesions observed, stenosis of the splenic vein was found in 22 patients, stenosis of the superior mesenteric-portal vein in 13 patients (Fig. 1) and thrombosis inside the ...

On the left, this plexus drains into the short gastric veins, which empty into the splenic vein. On the right in about 50 per cent of cases the fundic plexus empties into a well formed fundic vein ...

Charles E. Mullins Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, ...

Diagnosis. Grade V blunt renal trauma, grade IV splenic injury and left renal vein thrombosis. Management. The patient received conservative management with supportive measures followed by ...

Background Rupture of the spleen in the absence of trauma or previously diagnosed disease is largely ignored in the emergency literature and is often not documented as such in journals from other ...

When it comes to choosing the best circulation and vein support supplement, there are several factors to consider. One of the most important is the ingredients list. Look for supplements that ...

The National Institutes of Health estimates that 60% of all men and women suffer from some form of vein disorder. A quarter of varicose vein sufferers are men, although Weiss notes that it is ...

When the disease affects the splenic artery or vein, the adjacent spleen is often removed. After removal of the end of the pancreas, the remaining portion of the organ functions normally by producing ...

Matthew Thompson, a cardiac physician assistant at Saint John's Medical Center in Los Angeles, has the mind of a scientist but the skilled and steady hands of an artist. On this day, Thompson's ...