Hepatoportal System Flashcards
What percentage of blood is supplied to the liver via the portal vein?
75% - nutrient rich blood from GI tract
What is the TRV fissure on the visceral surface of the liver between the caudate and quadrate lobes?
Porta hepatis
Do the portal veins course between or within the liver?
WITHIN - “intrasegmental”
What landmark identifies the start of the PHA from the CHA?
GDA
What patient position offers EXCELLENT visualization of porta hepatis?
Rt coronal oblique
Where should the PV be measured?
Where it crosses the IVC - inner to inner wall
What is the normal PV diameter?
Less than or equal to 13mm
What does an increase in caliber of less than 20% in the splenic vein during deep inspiration indicate?
Portal hypertension
Which of the following increases blood flow within the portal, splenic, and superior mesenteric veins?
a. inspiration and ingestion of food
b. inspiration and exercise
c. expiration and exercise
d. expiration and ingestion of food
D
What is a normal resistive index in the hepatic artery?
a. 0.2 to 0.4
b. 0.8 to 1.0
c. 0.5 to 0.7
d. 1.3 to 1.5
C
What is the most common etiology for portal hypertension in North America?
a. portal vein thrombosis
b. Budd–Chiari syndrome
c. hepatitis C infection
d. cirrhosis
D
What is the primary complication of portal hypertension?
a. portal vein thrombosis
b. gastrointestinal bleeding
c. hepatic vein thrombosis
d. splenomegaly
B
Which of the following is NOT a duplex sonographic finding associated with portal hypertension?
a. increased portal vein diameter
b. decreased or absent respiratory variation in portal and splenic veins
c. hepatopetal flow in the portal and splenic veins
d. portosystemic collaterals (varices)
C - it would be hepatoFUGAL flow
What is the most common portosystemic collateral shunt in the presence of portal hypertension?
a. recanalized paraumbilical vein
b. splenorenal veins
c. gallbladder varices
d. coronary–gastroesophageal veins
D
Which of the following is a treatment of portal hypertension that involves jugular vein cannulation with stent placement in the liver?
a. mesocaval shunt
b. splenorenal shunt
c. TIPS
d. PVTS
C
Which of the following is NOT a normal finding in a transjugular portosystemic shunt?
a. hepatofugal flow in the main portal vein
b. velocities within the stent in the range of 90 to 190 cm/s
c. hepatofugal flow in intrahepatic portal veins beyond the site of stent connection
d. increased flow velocities in the splenic vein
A
Besides inferior vena cava dilatation, what distinct finding helps differentiate between congestive heart failure and portal hypertension?
a. increased pulsatility in the portal veins only
b. increased pulsatility in the hepatic veins only
c. increased pulsatility in both the portal and hepatic veins
d. decreased pulsatility in the hepatic veins only
C
Which of the following is NOT a sonographic finding in Budd–Chiari syndrome?
a. dilatation of the IVC with intraluminal echoes
b. pulsatile, phasic flow in non-occluded portions of the hepatic veins
c. enlarged caudate lobe
d. ascites and hepatomegaly
B
With the ingestion of food, what happens to the flow velocities within the PV and HA?
PV - flow increases
HA - flow decreases
The most specific finding of portal hypertension is the detection of?
Portosystemic collaterals
If portal vein thrombosis persists without lysis, development of periportal collateral veins increases and is known as?
Cavernous transformation
Portal hypertension is defined as “elevated pressure gradient between the portal vein and IVC or hepatic veins of” what pressure?
10-12 mmHg +
TIPS is a connection within the liver between what vessels?
Portal vein and hepatic vein
What is the hepatic blood outflow pathway?
PV –> sinusoids –> central vein –> interlobular veins –> hepatic veins –> IVC
MPV begins at the junction of?
Splenic vein and SMV