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veno-occlusive disease

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ve·no-oc·clu·sive disease (vn--klsv)
n.
An inflammatory condition, especially of the liver, characterized by the occlusion and destruction of tiny veins.

veno-occlusive disease
Liver Obliteration of the small hepatic venules, which may lead to portal HTN and cirrhosis; VOD has been linked to ingestion of bush tea. See Jamiacan vomiting sickness Lung See Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.


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Etiology from most prevalent to least was as following: congenital heart diseases (27%), chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (24%), connective tissue diseases-scleroderma (14%), idiopathic PAH (8%), diastolic dysfunction (3%), pulmonary disease (3%), pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (2%), hepatopulmonary hypertension (1%), and HIV-infection associated PAH (1%).
Peak systolic blood flow improved in three (43%) of seven men with baseline hemodynamic impairment, and veno-occlusive disease resolved in three (18%) of 17 individuals.
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