Stages of chronic liver disease and portal hypertension. The figure depicts the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures during the pathogenesis and aggravation of portal hypertension for patients with suspected fibrosis/cirrhosis of the liver ( A), compensated cirrhosis ( B), and decompensated cirrhosis ( C).Asc, ascites; EV, esophageal varices; FXR, farnesoid X receptor; HCC, hepatocellular ....