Research Article

A Preclinical Porcine Model of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Liver Cirrhosis

Table 1

Animal characteristics in the control, cirrhosis, and cirrhosis with PVT groups.

Laboratory variablesControlCirrhosisCirrhosis with PVT

ALT (U/L)ab,c
AST (U/L)ab,c
ALB (g/L)b,c
TBIL (μmol/L)b,c
CHE (U/L)b,c
PT (s)b,c
APTT (s)b,c
INRb,c
FIB (mg/dL)ab,c
D-dimer (mg/L)ab,c

ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALB: albumin; TBIL: total bilirubin; CHE: cholinesterase; PT: prothrombin time; APTT: activated partial thromboplastin time; INR: international normalized ratio; FIB: fibrinogen level; PVT: portal vein thrombosis. a between the cirrhosis group and control group. b between the cirrhosis with PVT group and control group. c between the cirrhosis with PVT group and cirrhosis group.