hepatic artery

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Noun1.hepatic artery - arteries that supply the liverhepatic artery - arteries that supply the liver  
arteria hepatica
arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
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
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The PHA bifurcates into left hepatic artery (LHA) and right hepatic artery (RHA).
Segment IV hepatic artery in potential donors for living related liver transplantation: Evaluation with multi-detector CT
MS = metal stent, RHA = right hepatic artery, LHA = left hepatic artery, CHA = common hepatic artery, GDA = gastroduodenal artery
Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy at Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital
"The segment VI artery most commonly arises from the left hepatic artery, but in about 10-20% of cases it arises from the right hepatic artery or the main hepatic artery".
Left Part of the Liver/Porcion Hepatica Izquierda (A05.8.01.037)
It also may take origin from left gastric, middle colic, or left hepatic artery [11].
A Case of Unusual Vascularization of Upper Abdominal Cavity' Organs
80.56% caudate lobes had branches from left hepatic artery alone supplying them and only 8.33% were supplied by branch from right hepatic artery alone.
MORPHOLOGY OF CAUDATE LOBE OF LIVER
The images also demonstrated that the right hepatic artery (RHA) originated from SMA (Figure 1), and the left hepatic artery (LHA) was branched from the middle of the splenic artery (Figure 2).
Rare hepatic artery anomaly (Michel type unclassified) in a patient who underwent radical gastrectomy For gastric cancer: a case report
(e) Angiogram of the left hepatic artery before SIRT.
Liver Metastases in Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma Treated with Selective Internal Radiation Therapy with Y-90 Resin Microspheres
An angiography catheter was then selectively inserted into the left hepatic artery and kept there for an indirect indication of the left portal vein, which was our preferable target vessel for puncture.
Construction of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt: Bare Metal Stent/Stent-graft Combination versus Single Stent-graft, a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study with Long-term Patency and Clinical Analysis
As in Case 1, a 1.8 Fr tip microballoon catheter was inserted into the left hepatic artery via the parent catheter and the 5 Fr catheter was then successfully advanced into the common hepatic artery (Figure 3).
New Method of Parent Catheter Advancement in the Balloon Anchor Technique during Balloon-Occluded Transarterial Chemoembolization for Hepatic Tumors

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