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What does it mean "Visualized IVC and portal vein appear patent."?
Just got a report on ultrasound and it said this. I don't know what patent means in this context.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
IVC = inferior vena cava, one of the great vessels of the heart that carries deoxygenated ('used' blood) from the lower part of the body to the heart).
Portal vein = a blood vessel that carries blood from the liver.
Patent = open.
So 'patent portal vein' = the portal vein is open, ie blood is flowing through it.
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