Portal Venous Anatomy and Reduced-Size Grafts The bifurcation of the main portal vein is superior and posterior to the bifurcation of the proper hepatic artery and immediately inferior to the hilar connective tissue plate. As it ascends, the main portal vein produces several minor branches to the...
At birth, an infant with this anatomy can survive as long as the duc- tus arteriosus (DA) remains patent and a communication between the left and right atria is present, allowing the right ventricle to maintain cardiac output to the systemic circu- lation (Figure 1). If the DA closes, ...
A patient with systemic arterial hypertension should have upper and lower extremity arterial blood pressures measured. Radial and femoral pulses should also be checked. With coarctation of the aorta, upper limb hypertension is usually present, and there is a systolic pressure difference of at least ...
At birth, an infant with this anatomy can survive as long as the ductus arteriosus (DA) remains patent and a communication between the left and right atria is present, allowing the right ventricle to maintain cardiac output to the systemic circulation ( Figure 1 ). If the DA closes, ...
Stage II surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome—bidirectional Glenn: The superior vena cava (SVC) is transected and anastomosed to the pulmonary artery (PA). Cerebral and upper extremity blood passively flows to the lungs through the PA via the SVC. Oxygenated pulmonary venous blood then ...
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