High blood pressure (hypertension) in the hepatic portal system, which is made up of the portal vein and its branches that drain from most of the intestine into the liver. Hypertension occurs when there is an obstruction of blood flow through the liver, for example due to liver cirrhosis, and pressure rises within the portal vein.
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