Anatomy of Left Inferior Phrenic Vein in Patients Without Portal Hypertension

OBJECTIVE. The left inferior phrenic vein (LIPV) can be an origin of a gastrorenal shunt from gastric varices. The purpose of our study was to evaluate the angiographic anatomy of the LIPV, particularly anastomoses of the LIPV with the portal vein (PV). SUBJECTS AND METHODS. Of 240 patients with pri...

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Published inAmerican journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 217; no. 2; pp. 411 - 417
Main Authors Araki, Takuji, Imaizumi, Akira, Okada, Hiroki, Sasaki, Yu, Onishi, Hiroshi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2021
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