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How does the presence of porto-mesenteric vein thrombosis impact a patient's transplant candidacy?
How do you go about working up and managing patients with these findings?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
This is nuanced and depends if the portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is acute vs chronic with cavernous transformation. Main PVT is not necessarily an absolute contraindication to liver transplant. Current guidelines recommend anticoagulation for acute main PVT in patients who are (or may be) transplant ...
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