Friend or Foe? Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts in Cirrhosis—Current Understanding and Future Prospects

<div>Coronal-oblique MIP (a) and coronal MRI (b) images from two different patients depicting gastrorenal shunts (arrowheads) with varices protruding into the gastric lumen (long solid arrows). <i>Note.</i> The attenuated main portal vein (dashed arrow) and prominent left gastric vein (short solid arrow) in (a).</div>

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Figure 2: Friend or Foe? Spontaneous Portosystemic Shunts in Cirrhosis—Current Understanding and Future Prospects 