Portal hypertension

Portal hypertension is elevated blood pressure in the portal circulation.

General

• Clinical diagnosis.
  • Can be demonstrated by liver wedge pressure - normal is 1-4 mmHg.

Associations

Liver cirrhosis:

• Portal hypertensive duodenopathy.
• Portal hypertensive gastropathy.
• Esophageal varices.
• Splenomegaly.

Not associated with cirrhosis:

• Nodular regenerative hyperplasia.
• Hepatic amyloidosis.
• Budd-Chiari syndrome.

See also

• Hypertension.
• Pulmonary hypertension.