"H" is the peak radioactivity over the heart, and "P" the peak radioactivity over the liver. The cardioportal circulation time is measured between "H" and "P," and is about twenty-five seconds. "H" is ...

THE liver acts as a selective barrier between the gastrointestinal tract and the systemic circulation, metabolizing, detoxifying and elaborating for further physiologic disposition various substances ...

The portal venous system refers to the veins that drain blood from the intestines, stomach, pancreas, esophagus and spleen into the liver prior to entering the main or systemic circulation. All ...

A study conducted at Harvard University identified a group of metabolites that travel from the intestine to the liver and ...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is a type of liver disease that is present from birth. It typically affects the function of the bile ducts and the veins that carry blood from the digestive tract to the ...