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Portopulmonary hypertension
Portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH, POPH) is Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension arising in portal hypertension, diagnosed by RHC (mPAP >20 mm Hg, PVR >2 WU, PAWP ≤15 mm Hg). Poorer survival than idiopathic PAH; treated to enable liver transplantation.
Portorož
Portorož (Portorose) is a Slovenian Adriatic seaside resort in the Municipality of Piran, founded as a thermal spa in 1885, declared a spa town in 1897, known for salt-pan wellness, the 1910 Palace Hotel, and 140 years of tourism in 2025.
Portosinusoidal vascular disease
Portosinusoidal vascular disease (PSVD), used interchangeably with non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis, is a group of liver vascular conditions that damage intrahepatic portal venules and sinusoids, causing portal hypertension without cirrhosis; it was named in 2019.
Portosystemic shunt
A portosystemic shunt is a surgical or interventional connection between the portal and systemic venous circulations that lowers portal pressure, used mainly for variceal bleeding and ascites in portal hypertension.
Portovaya LNG Terminal
Portovaya LNG Terminal (КСПГ Портовая) is a Gazprom-owned liquefied natural gas export plant on the Gulf of Finland near Vyborg, Russia, which began production in 2022 with a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year.
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto) is a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape on Italy's eastern Ligurian coast, inscribed 1997 under criteria ii, iv, v, covering 4,689.25 ha of terraced villages and islands.
Portoviejo
Portoviejo (Villa Nueva de San Gregorio de Portoviejo), Ecuadorian city founded 12 March 1535 by Francisco Pacheco under Diego de Almagro; capital of Manabí province, 322,925 canton residents (2022), UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy since 2019.
Portrait
Portrait: an artistic representation of a particular individual, also called portraiture, capturing likeness or personality. Spans Egyptian mummy portraits, Roman busts, Renaissance revival, photography's impact, and contemporary inclusive practice.
Portrait miniature
Portrait miniature: small portable painted portrait in watercolor, gouache, or enamel, first made in the 1520s at the French and English courts, worn as jewelry or used in diplomacy and courtship until photography ended the trade in the 19th century.
Portrait of a Beauty
Portrait of a Beauty (Miindo) is a late Joseon Korean painting of a woman attributed to Sin Yun-bok, held at the Gansong Art Museum in Seoul.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) is Céline Sciamma's 2019 French period romance about painter Marianne and her reluctant subject Héloïse in 1770 Brittany; it won Cannes Best Screenplay and the Queer Palm and ranked 30th in the 2022 Sight and Sound poll.
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (Bildnis Adele Bloch-Bauer, The Lady in Gold / Woman in Gold): Klimt's 1907 oil, gold, and silver portrait, 140 x 140 cm, seized in 1938, restituted in 2006, and bought by Ronald Lauder for a record $135 million, now at the Neue Galerie New York.
Portrait of an American Family
Portrait of an American Family is the 1994 debut album by Marilyn Manson, released July 19 on Nothing/Interscope Records, produced by Trent Reznor and Mr. Manson, and ranked on Rolling Stone's 2017 metal list.
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)
Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) is a 1972 acrylic painting by David Hockney. It depicts a figure by a pool and sold for $90,312,500 in 2018.
Portrait of Dr. Gachet
Portrait of Dr. Gachet (Portrait du docteur Gachet): Van Gogh's June 1890 double portrait of his Auvers physician Paul Gachet with foxglove. First version sold for $82.5m in 1990 and is now hidden; second is at the Musée d'Orsay.
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer is a life-size oil portrait by Gustav Klimt, created 1914–16. It survived Nazi confiscation and sold in 2025 for $236.4 million.
Portrait of Elizabeth II (Freud)
Lucian Freud's small 2000-2001 oil portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, painted at St James's Palace over about twenty sittings, a 20-cm head-and-shoulders with a later-added Diamond Diadem, donated to the Royal Collection and famously divisive.
Portrait of Fath Ali Shah
Portrait of Fath Ali Shah is a life-size oil-on-canvas portrait of the Qajar shah Fath Ali Shah, attributed to court painter Mihr Ali and dated 1800-1806.
Portrait of Ikkyū Sōjun
The Portrait of Ikkyū Sōjun (一休宗純像) is a 1447 hanging scroll portrait of the Rinzai Zen priest Ikkyū Sōjun, held at the Nara National Museum as an Important Cultural Property.
Portrait of Isaac Newton
Portrait of Isaac Newton denotes the life portraits of Sir Isaac Newton, chiefly Godfrey Kneller's 1689 and 1702 oils, the 1720 Varignon Kneller, and Vanderbank's 1725 and 1726 Royal Society portraits, with provenance, dimensions, and reception.
Portrait of Kim Jeong-hui
Portrait of Kim Jeong-hui is a Korean hanging-scroll portrait of the Joseon scholar and calligrapher Kim Jeong-hui, painted in light color on paper by Heo Ryun.
Portrait of King Sejong
The Portrait of King Sejong refers to royal portraits of the Joseon king, all lost after the 1590s Japanese invasions; today's images are modern reconstructions.
Portrait of Madame X
Portrait of Madame X (Madame X), John Singer Sargent's 1883–84 oil portrait of Parisian socialite Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau, wife of a French banker; its fallen-strap debut at the 1884 Paris Salon caused a scandal, and the Met bought it in 1916.
Portrait of Madame Yuki (雪夫人絵図)
Portrait of Madame Yuki (雪夫人絵図, Yuki Fujin Ezu), also released as Tragedy of Madame Snow, is Kenji Mizoguchi's 1950 Shin-Toho drama adapted from Funahashi Seiichi's novel, starring Michiyo Kogure as an aristocrat destroyed by her marriage.
Portrait of Mehmed II
An 1480 oil portrait of Ottoman sultan Mehmed II by Venetian painter Gentile Bellini, made at the Ottoman court and now in the National Gallery, London.
Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo
The Portrait of Minamoto no Yoritomo is a 13th-century National Treasure hanging scroll at Jingoji Temple in Kyoto, traditionally identified as the first Kamakura shogun.
Portrait of My Brother
Portrait of My Brother (弟の像) is a work by Ai-Mitsu, the Japanese painter Ishimura Nichirō (1907 to 1946), known for Landscape with an Eye and his Surrealist reputation.
Portrait of Omai
Portrait of Omai, retitled Portrait of Mai (Omai), is Joshua Reynolds's circa 1776 full-length oil portrait of Mai, the first Polynesian visitor to Britain, jointly owned since 2023 by the National Portrait Gallery and the Getty.
Portrait of Qi Baishi
Portrait of Qi Baishi is a 1954 oil painting by Wu Zuoren depicting the master Qi Baishi, held in the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: 1982 oil on canvas by Mara McGregor, 160 x 110 cm, presented by the Queen Mother to the Officers' Mess at RAF Bentley Priory and now at Bentley Priory Museum; one of many portraits including works by Augustus John, Gerald Kelly, and Cecil Beaton.