The portal vein, or hepatic portal vein, is the main blood vessel of the portal venous system (PVS), which delivers blood to ...

Obstruction of hepatic venous outflow is mainly ... whereas a shunt from the portal or mesenteric vein to the suprahepatic IVC or right atrium will. If the IVC is patent but severely compressed ...

Hepatic vein thrombosis associated with inferior vena cava also will not be considered because it is the subject of another review in this issue of Seminars in Liver Disease.