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Table 3 Liver measures

From: High output cardiac failure in 3 patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and hepatic vascular malformations, evaluation of treatment

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Before

After OLT

Before

After BVZ

Before

After BVZ

Ascites

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

Hepatic arterya (mm)

12.6

–

11.5

11.5

11.7

9.5

Superior Mesenteric arteryb (mm)

6.5

–

6.5

6.5

9.5

6

Portal veinc (mm)

8.5

–

17

22

23.5

19

Hepatic veind

22.3

–

15

15

16

14

Hepatobiliary ischemia

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Diuretic treatment

Yes

No

Yes

Reduced

Yes

Reduced

Transfusion

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

  1. aMeasured 10–20 mm from coeliac truncus
  2. bMeasured 5 mm downstream from the branching off from the aorta
  3. cMeasured at the crossing of the hepatic artery
  4. dMeasured 5 mm from the inferior vena cava
  5. OLT orthotopic liver transplantation, BVZ bevacizumab