Download Portosystemic Shunt Cat Pictures. Extrahepatic portosystemic shunt, shunt, intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, pss, ehpss, ihpss, congenital portosystemic shunt, liver shunt. In portosystemic shunt, however, the toxic blood is unable to flow from the intestines into the liver because, in an affected cat, the portal vein does not lead into that organ.
As a result the blood is not cleansed by one of the bodies filters:
Congenital portosystemic venous shunt causing signs of hepatic encephalopathy was diagnosed in 7 cats. A portosystemic shunt, therefore is an abnormal vessel that allows blood to bypass the liver. A portosystemic shunt (pss), a.k.a. Extrahepatic portosystemic shunt, shunt, intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, pss, ehpss, ihpss, congenital portosystemic shunt, liver shunt.
