Hepatofugal flow in the portal venous system: Pathophysiology, imaging findings, and diagnostic pitfalls

Radiographics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-140

  Wachsberg, Ronald H ^a,b   Bahramipour, Philip ^a   Sofocleous, Constantine T ^a   Barone, Allison ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension, portal, 957.711; Liver, blood supply, 761.91; Portal vein, flow dynamics, 957.453; Shunts, arterioportal, 957.759; Shunts, portosystemic, 957.453

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMAN; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VASCULAR PATENCY;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEPATIC ARTERY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PORTAL; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, SURGICAL; PROGNOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0036371228     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.22.1.g02ja20123     Document Type: Article

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