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Table 1 Changes in measurement of portal haemodynamic pressures with different types of portal hypertension

Type of portal hypertension	Example	FHVP	WHVP	HVPG
Pre-hepatic	Portal/splenic vein thrombosis	Normal	Normal	Normal
Pre-sinusoidal	Primary biliary cirrhosis, schistosomiasis, sarcoidosis	Normal	Normal	Normal
Sinusoidal	Alcoholic hepatitis, NASH/alcoholic/viral cirrhosis	Normal	Increased	Increased
Post-sinusoidal	Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome	Normal	Increased	Increased
Post-hepatic	Budd Chiari1	-	-	-
	Heart failure	Increased	Increased	Normal

¹Denotes hepatic vein not cannulated to measure. NASH: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; HVPG: Hepatic venous pressure gradient; FHVP: Free hepatic vein pressure; WHVP: Wedged hepatic vein pressure.