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World J Hepatol. Jun 27, 2025; 17(6): 104761
Published online Jun 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i6.104761
Published online Jun 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i6.104761
Table 1 Classification of portal hypertension
| Classification | Etiologies |
| Prehepatic | Portal vein thrombosis |
| Splenic vein thrombosis | |
| Congenital venous abnormalities | |
| Intrahepatic | Presinusoidal: Hepatoportal sclerosis; schistosomiasis; myeloproliferative diseases; sarcoidosis; early stage of primary biliary cholangitis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; congenital hepatic fibrosis; arsenic toxicity |
| Sinusoidal: Cirrhosis; alcohol-associated hepatitis; nodular regenerative hyperplasia | |
| Postsinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease | |
| Posthepatic | Budd-Chiari |
| Heart failure | |
| Pulmonary hypertension | |
| Constrictive pericarditis |
- Citation: Xie XY, Benmassaoud A. Advances in the diagnosis and management of clinically significant portal hypertension in cirrhosis: A narrative review. World J Hepatol 2025; 17(6): 104761
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5182/full/v17/i6/104761.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4254/wjh.v17.i6.104761