Fig. 1From: Successful direct intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (DIPS) creation following transmesenteric porta hepatis access in a young patient with recurrent variceal bleedingA CT arterioportography axial image with contrast injected via an SMA catheter showed (a) known chronic portal vein thrombus and prominent SMV collateral in the porta hepatis (white arrows). A coronal image from multiplanar reformatted maximum intensity projections shows the relationship of the HA (black arrows) relative to the dominant collateral (white arrows)Back to article page