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shunt
(redirected from Portosystemic shunt)

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Portosystemic shunt, or the accumulation of blood toxins in the liver ?
The variations are important for interventional radiologists who perform transjugular procedures, such as port implantations and the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt or selective venous blood samplings in patients with hyperparathyroidism of unknown origin.
Given the undefined nature of the patient's apparent cirrhosis and lack of demonstrable neoplastic liver disease by CT scan, portal venography and transjugular liver biopsy were performed to assess the potential option of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for palliation of her refractory ascites.
 
 
 
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