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Effect of portal venous flow augmentation on liver enhancement with CT

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Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of portal flow augmentation on hepatic computed tomographic (CT) enhancement.

Methods: Thirteen patients undergoing follow-up CT of the liver within 6 months of initial study ingested 470 mL of Ensure® 30 min before the second examination. Contrast medium injection and scanning parameters were identical for both studies.

Results: The time to peak and the maximum and mean liver enhancements were 68 s, 56 HU, and 46 HU, respectively, for the examinations without Ensure® and 68 s, 53 HU, and 44 HU for the examinations with Ensure®. No significant difference was found between the two groups when mean liver enhancement was calculated over 3-s time intervals.

Conclusion: Portal venous flow augmentation induced by a meal had no effect on liver enhancement.

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  1. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, 1650 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1A4, Canada, CA

    P. Garcia, V. Bonaldi, P. M. Bret, L. Liang, M. Atri & C. Reinhold

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Received: 16 August 1995/Accepted after revision: 20 December 1995

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Garcia, P., Bonaldi, V., Bret, P. et al. Effect of portal venous flow augmentation on liver enhancement with CT. Abdom Imaging 22, 277–280 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002619900189

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