[Left hepatic artery: anatomical variations and clinical implications].

doi:10.1016/j.morpho.2008.10.001

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[Left hepatic artery: anatomical variations and clinical implications].

Morphologie : bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes - 1 Dec 2008

Abid B, Douard R, Chevallier J M, Delmas V

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The presence of a left hepatic artery (LHA) is an anatomical variation related to the persistence after fetal maturation of one of the two embryonic hepatic arteries, who disappear in the modal liver arterial vascularisation (liver vascularisation by a unique hepatic artery originating from the celiac trunk). When present, LHA is originating from the left gastric artery and runs through the pars condensa of the...

Topics

Adult
Celiac Artery
Genetic Variation
Hepatic Artery
Humans
Infusions, Intra-Arterial
Intraoperative Complications
Laparoscopy
Liver
Liver Circulation
Liver Transplantation
Omentum
Sensitivity and Specificity

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PMID: 19008142
DOI: 10.1016/j.morpho.2008.10.001

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