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Can you tell me how hepatic portal vein anastomose with superior vena cava and inferior vena cava?
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Normal anatomy?: The portal vein is majority blood supply to the liver. It carries nutrient-rich blood from the gut to the liver. After passing through the liver, blood leaves via the hepatic veins and enters the inferior vena cava. There is a procedure, called TIPS, which creates a direct shunt between the portal vein and hepatic vein.
Answered 7/10/2014
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