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DVT423-TC4
USIDMS Hepatic Doppler
Question | Answer |
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What is measured during quiet respiration as it crosses the IVC? | Main portal vein |
What is normal portal vein flow classified as? | Hepatopetal |
What is elevated pressure in the portal venous system classified as? | Portal Hypertension |
What can portal hypertension lead to? | Ascites, splenomegaly, GI bleed, jaundice, hepatic failure |
What is normal splenic vein & SMV flow classified as? | Hepatopetal |
What is normal hepatic vein flow classified as? | Hepatofugal |
What join before the IVC in 96% of individuals? | Left and middle hepatic veins |
What is stenosis or obstruction of the hepatic veins? | Budd-Chiari Syndrome |
What are pathways that the body develops on its own to decrease pressure within the liver? | Porto-systemic shunts |
Name some porto-systemic shunts | Left gastric vein (AKA coronary vein), gastric varices, recanalized paraumbilical vein with hepatofugal flow, spleno-renal shunt surgery |