Portacaval graft patency demonstrated by scintigraphic calculation of portal contribution to hepatic blood flow.
The case presented refers to a cirrhotic patient with portal hypertension in whom a portacaval graft bypass was surgically implanted. The calculation of the portal contribution to hepatic blood flow helped to demonstrate the patency of the graft.
Martín-Comín
J
J
Servei de Medicina Nuclear, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain.
Segarra
M I
MI
Pujol
J
J
Mairal
L
L
Sans
L
L
Mora
J
J
Puchal
R
R
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003102:Colloids; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000601:surgery; D008102:Liver Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D011168:Portal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D003102:Colloids; D013667:Technetium