Hemodynamic and morphologic changes of peripheral hepatic vasculature in cirrhotic liver disease: A preliminary study using contrast-enhanced coded phase inversion harmonic ultrasonography

Figure 5 Contrast-enhanced US images in a 64-year-old cirrhotic patient. A: In the early arterial phase 14 s after Levovist injection, a “Y”-shaped distal portal venous branch was enhanced by microbubbles (arrow), while the proximal portal vein and other portal venous branches at the same level were not seen; B and C: An adjacent hepatic venous branch was enhanced by contrast medium at 16 s after injection of Levovist (arrows).