The liver has a dual blood supply derived from the portal vein and the hepatic artery. About 75% of that blood flow comes ...

Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS) is caused by obstruction of hepatic ... vein thrombosis are indications for shunting. The therapeutic principle of portosystemic shunting is to convert the portal ...

It is also called hepatic artery embolisation. You might have it as a treatment for a neuroendocrine tumour ... You also have a drug called octreotide as a drip into a vein for 8 to 12 hours before ...