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Table 158-1

Classification of Portal Hypertension

Prehepatic

Portal vein thrombosis

Splenic vein thrombosis

Massive splenomegaly (Banti's syndrome)

Hepatic

Presinusoidal

Schistosomiasis

Congenital hepatic fibrosis

Sinusoidal

Cirrhosis-many causes

Alcoholic hepatitis

Postsinusoidal

Hepatic sinusoidal obstruction (venoocclusive syndrome)

Posthepatic

Budd-Chiari syndrome

Inferior vena caval webs

Cardiac causes

Restrictive cardiomyopathy

Constrictive pericarditis

Severe congestive heart failure