Portal Hypertension

Pathophysiology of Portal Hypertension.- The Clinical Course of Portal Hypertension in Liver Cirrhosis.- Historical Review of Initial Experience in the Imaging and Pathophysiological Evaluation of Portal Hypertension.- Angiography and Radiological Anatomy of the Portal System.- Surgical Anatomy of the Portal System.- Doppler Ultrasound in Portal Hypertension.- Color Doppler of Portal Hypertension: A Pictorial Essay.- Computed Tomography in Portal Hypertension.- Value of Multi-Detector Array CT in the Assessment of Portal Hypertension.- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Portal System.- MR Quantification of Portal Venous Flow.- Portal Pressure Measurement.- Medical Therapy of Portal Hypertension.- Endoscopic Treatment.- Surgical Therapy of Portal Hypertension: Porta- and Meso-caval Shunts.- The Distal Splenorenal Shunt.- Transmesenteric Method of Intrahepatic Portosystemie Shunt Placement: tm TIPS.- TIPS: Historical Background and Technique.- TIPS: Complications.- Transjugular Intrahepatic Shunt Stenosis and Thrombosis: Shunt Biology and Stent -Grafts.- TIPS: Portal Thrombosis.- TIPS in Egyptian Hepatic Schistosomiasis.- Histologic Findings in Transjugular Intrahepatie Portosystemic Shunts Stenosis.- TIPS Follow-up: Color Doppler.- Long-Term Outcome of TIPS.- TIPS: Refractory Ascites and Encephalopathy.- TIPS: Covered Stents and Long-Term Results.- TIPS: Percutaneous Retroperitoneal Spie no renal Shunt (PRESS).- Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials of Transjugular Intrahepatie Portosystemic Shunt for the Prevention of Rebleeding in Patients with Cirrhosis.- List of Contributors.