Assertion: irish wolfhound's shunt | /r/HasProperty | ps
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Source sentences:
text: Porto-Systemic Shunt (PSS, Liver Shunt):
text: A portosystemic shunt (PSS) is an abnormal blood vessel in the abdomen which enables venous blood, that would normally flow from the intestines to the liver, to partially by-pass the liver with the result that the normal functions of the liver are impaired.
text: In the condition being described here, the abnormal connection (the portosystemic shunt (PSS)) occurs between the blood vessel that normally conveys blood from the intestines to the liver, the hepatic portal vein, and other blood vessels that return blood to the heart.
text: Liver shunt, or portosystemic shunt (PSS), occurs in young puppies.