Serum bile acid determination for assessing patency of portosystemic shunts. Lack of value.
Serum bile acid levels were measured in eight patients with portal hypertension before and after portosystemic shunt surgery to see if the levels were useful for assessment of shunt patency. Both fasting and two-hour postprandial levels showed poor correlation with portosystemic shunting and could not be used to judge shunt patency.
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000097:blood*; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts