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The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 1999 April;40(2):285-7

Copyright © 2000 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Hepatic arterial anatomy: two new variants

Tarazov P. G.

From the Division of Angio-Interventional Radiology St. Petersburg Research Institute of Roentgenology and Radiation Therapy St. Petersburg, Russia

Many mod­ifi­ca­tions of ­hepatic arte­rial ­anatomy ­have ­been ­reported. The new, pre­vi­ously non-­described var­i­ants are pre­sented in two ­patients ­with ­hepatic malig­nan­cies. The sig­nif­i­cance of ­unusual ­hepatic vas­cular ­anatomy for ­liver sur­gery and vas­cular inter­ven­tion are dis­cussed.