title: Reduction of portal vein pressure with the enlargement of portal-systemic shunts: observation made in one patient.
abstract: Whether portal vein pressure is reduced as spontaneous portal-systemic shunts are enlarged has long been disputed. We measured portal vein pressure directly by percutaneous transhepatic catheterization in one patient with cirrhosis at a 4-year interval, and demonstrated a significant reduction in portal vein pressure that had occurred along with enlargement of a collateral paraumbilical vein and splenorenal shunt during this period.
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical; D014690:Venous Pressure