Assertion: portal vein | /r/HasProperty | pv
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text: The portal vein (PV) (sometimes referred to as the main or hepatic portal vein) is the main vessel in the portal venous system and drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver.
text: Additional aims of the article are to create an understanding of the imaging of obliterative portal venopathy and its clinical significance; foster an appreciation of alterations in the morphologic features of the biliary system that may accompany PVT; increase recognition of changes in liver enhancement patterns seen with PVT caused by the hepatic arterial buffer response; create an understanding of the changes in the morphologic features of the liver that may occur with PVT, including nodular regenerative hyperplasia, central hepatic hypertrophy, or peripheral fibrosis that may simulate cirrhosis; increase appreciation of the importance of portal vein (PV) mapping in the transplant patient; and review the diagnostic findings of tumor in a vein and increase understanding of the clinical significance of this finding in the liver transplant population.
text: Radiograph obtained during selective injection of contrast material into the right hepatic artery (arrow) shows opacification of the portal vein (PV) through an arterioportal fistula, which was believed to be a sequela of percutaneous liver biopsy.
text: Retrograde portogram obtained by injecting carbon dioxide through a catheter, which was wedged in a peripheral hepatic vein (arrow) with a transjugular approach, shows retrograde opacification of the portal vein (PV), superior mesenteric vein (SMV), and coronary vein (CV) because of hepatofugal flow.
text: Because of hepatofugal flow, contrast material opacifies the portal vein (PV) and superior mesenteric vein (SMV).
text: Because of hepatofugal flow, contrast material opacifies the portal vein (PV) and superior mesenteric vein (SMV).
text: Doppler US image shows hepatofugal flow in the portal vein (PV) and superior mesenteric vein (SMV), which is strong ancillary evidence of shunt patency; the shunt itself was obscured by bowel gas.
text: (a) Color Doppler US image shows blue signal in the portal vein (PV), which is consistent with hepatofugal flow.
text: (b) Color Doppler US image obtained after the pulse repetition frequency (scale) was increased shows only red signal in the lumen of the portal vein (PV).
text: (a) Color Doppler US image shows blue signal in the portal vein (PV), which is consistent with hepatofugal flow.
text: (b) Color Doppler US image obtained after the pulse repetition frequency (scale) was increased shows only red signal in the lumen of the portal vein (PV).
text: Portal vein (PV) is the main vessel in the portal venous system and drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to the liver.
text: The portal vein (PV) is the main vessel of the PVS, resulting from the confluence of the splenic and superior mesenteric veins, and drains directly into the liver, contributing to approximately 75% of its blood flow .
text: Incidence Portal vein thrombosis (PVT), or blood clotting resulting in partial or complete occlusion of the portal vein (PV) and its branches or tributaries, is a known sequela of advanced chronic liver disease.
text: Flow remains hepatopetal in more proximal portal veins (PV).
text: Flow remains hepatopetal in more proximal portal veins (PV).