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2. What to Know About Patient Portals - WebMD

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   A patient portal is a secure website set up by a health care system, hospital, or clinic. The tools (or features) vary, depending on the portal. Patient portals can help you access medical records ...

3. Portal Hypertension Causes, Symptoms, Treatments, Tests - WebMD

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   The TIPS procedure controls bleeding immediately in more than 90% of patients with portal hypertension. However, in about 20% of patients, the shunt may narrow, causing varices to re-bleed at a ...

4. Portal Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes, and Risks - Healthline

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   Portal hypertension can be quite serious, though it’s treatable if diagnosed in time. Learn about the causes, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment for portal hypertension. ... Anonymous patient ...

5. Portal hypertension - Wikipedia

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   Portal hypertension is defined as increased portal venous pressure, with a hepatic venous pressure gradient greater than 5 mmHg. Normal portal pressure is 1–4 mmHg; clinically insignificant portal hypertension is present at portal pressures 5–9 mmHg; clinically significant portal hypertension is present at portal pressures greater than 10 mmHg.

6. Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT): Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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   Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a blood clot that causes irregular blood flow to the liver. ... For gradual clot growth, patients may be prescribed anticoagulant drugs — blood thinners such as ...

7. Portopulmonary Hypertension: Symptoms, Causes, and More

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   Most people with portopulmonary hypertension don’t have symptoms in the early stages or develop unspecific symptoms that mimic other liver, heart, or lung diseases. Potential signs and symptoms ...

8. Patient portal - Wikipedia

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   Patient portal. Patient portals are healthcare -related online applications that allow patients to interact and communicate with their healthcare providers, such as physicians and hospitals. Typically, portal services are available on the Internet at all hours of the day and night. Some patient portal applications exist as stand-alone web sites ...

9. Portal vein thrombosis - Wikipedia

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   Portal vein thrombosis seen with computed tomography. Portal vein thrombosis ( PVT) is a vascular disease of the liver that occurs when a blood clot occurs in the hepatic portal vein, which can lead to increased pressure in the portal vein system and reduced blood supply to the liver. The mortality rate is approximately 1 in 10.