Nontumoral portal vein thrombosis in patients awaiting liver transplantation
Hui Chen, Fanny Turon, Virginia Hernández‐Gea, Josep Fuster, Angeles Garcia‐Criado, Marta Barrufet, Anna Darnell, Constantino Fondevila, Juan Carlos Garcia‐Valdecasas, Juan Carlos Garcia‐Pagán – 19 December 2015 – Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) occurs in approximately 2%‐26% of the patients awaiting liver transplantation (LT) and is no longer an absolute contraindication for LT. Nearly half of PVT cases are accidentally found during the LT procedure. The most important risk factor for PVT development in cirrhosis may be the severity of liver disease and reduced portal blood flow.