Fig. 5. Illustration demonstrating the conventional position of a transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt from the right portal vein to the right hepatic vein. After a parenchymal tact is created with an angioplasty balloon, the tract is lined with a partially polytetrafluoroethylene-covered stent with covered portion lining the parenchymal tract and hepatovenous outflow and the uncovered portion within the portal vein.
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