to assess the role of intrahepatic portal-systemic shunts in the reduction of portal blood supply to the liver cells in cirrhosis , we measured portal venous flow ( blood flow in the portal trunk ) by the pulsed doppler flowmeter and intrahepatic portal-systemic shunt index from the counts over the lungs and liver in both the anterior and posterior projections after instillation of 99mtc-macroaggregated albumin in the portal vein , and calculated portal sinusoidal flow ( blood flow into the sinusoids via the portal vein ) , using the equation , ( sequence ; see text ) in 47 patients with posthepatitic cirrhosis , and measured portal venous flow in 63 healthy adults in whom portal sinusoidal flow should be comparable to portal venous flow .
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cirrhosis
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