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hepatic vein
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Noun1.hepatic vein - a vein that drains the liverhepatic vein - a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava
liver - large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes
vein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"


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5 ml physiological serum 60 min prior to surgical operation and was subjected only to laparotomy in order to make hepatic veins and bile duct clearly visible.
3,5) This was especially true in the currently reported case in which impaired cardiac filling with dilatation of the inferior and superior vena cava and early reflux of contrast medium into dilated inferior vena cava and hepatic veins were seen but the pericardial thickness was within the upper limits of normal.
Abdominal ultrasonography demonstrated no additional abnormalities such as polysplenia and other visceral levoisomerism (liver, spleen and stomach) except hepatic veins drained directly into the right atrium.
 
 
 
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