Angiology

New findings from Zhejiang University, Department of General Surgery in the area of angiology published

Published in Cardiovascular Week, January 26th, 2009

Fresh data on angiology are presented in the report 'Insight into congenital absence of the portal vein: is it rare.' "Congenital absence of portal vein (CAPV) was a rare event in the past. However, the number of detected CAPV cases has increased in recent years because of advances in imaging techniques," researchers in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China report.

"Patients with CAPV present with portal hypertension (PH) or portosystemic encephalopathy (PSE), but these conditions rarely occur until the patients grow up or become old. The patients usually visit doctors for the complications of venous shunts, hepatic or cardiac abnormalities detected by ultrasonography...

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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2009-01-26)

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