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USIDMS Hepatoportal System

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What are the two sources of liver blood supply?   Hepatic Artery and Portal Vein  
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What are limitations to a successful exam?   Patient obesity, diffuse liver disease, ascites, and bowel gas  
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What should the portal vein measure during quiet respiration?   Less than or equal to 13 mm  
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What kind of waveforms do hepatic veins usually exhibit?   Pulsatile, triphasic with both antegrade and retrograde flow  
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What is the hepatic buffer response?   When portal blood flow increases, hepatic arterial blood flow decreases and vice versa.  
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How is portal hypertension defined?   An abnormal increase in portal venous pressure as a result of obstruction of blood flow through the liver  
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What is the most common collateral shunt?   The coronary-gastroesophageal route  
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What is Budd-Chiari Syndrome?   Obstruction of the hepatic venous outflow tract due to a thrombus or tumor.  
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If portal venous thrombosis persists for 12 months without substantial lysis, what can occur?   The development of periportal collateral veins called cavernous transformation.  
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What can be used to decrease the pressure in the portal venous system?   Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunts  
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