Portal painters

The radical break with the past heralded by the French Revolution in 1789 has become one of the mythic narratives of our time. Yet in the drawn-out afterlife of the Revolution, and...

Ascites is the accumulation of fluid within the peritoneal cavity. Most patients with ascites usually have a known diagnosis of cirrhosis, malignancy, or heart failure. For patient...

The chapter on portal hypertension includes the definition and pathophysiology of this condition. It presents the currently accepted classification of varices, the associated clini...