Portosystemic shunts involving the left phrenic vein in cats
Our understanding of shunt anatomy in cats and dogs has moved forward recently with advances in imaging technology: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26563977 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23888909 In cats, shunts through the right gastric vein appear not to have reported; whereas in dogs they are quite common. Broadly-speaking, feline congenital extrahepatic shunts may originate at 1) splenic vein 2) mesenteric vein or … Continue reading
