Isolated Hepatic Perfusion at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Isolated Hepatic Perfusion? A procedure in which a catheter is placed into the artery that provides blood to the liver; another catheter is placed into the vein that takes blood away from the liver. This temporarily separates the livers blood supply from blood circulating throughou

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