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What do you mean by hepatic veins and portal veins are patent?
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Patent = open: It sounds like you've gotten a report from an imaging study, such as CT, MRI, or ultrasound (or even certain types of surgery or procedure). When the radiologist or other specialist was evaluating images of the hepatic and portal veins of the liver (or observing the vessels directly), he or she noted that blood was flowing normally through them. That is the definition of "patent."
Answered 1/15/2021
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