In medicine, portal hypertension is hypertension (high blood pressure) in the portal vein system, which is composed by the portal vein, and its branches and tributaries.
It is often defined as a portal pressure gradient (the difference in pressure between the portal vein and the hepatic veins) of 10 mmHg or greater.
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