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A procedure for catheterization of a right hepatic vein is described in the rat. The procedure is based on the observation that, when the posterior half of the body is bent to the left, a right hepatic vein is aligned with the axis of anterior vena cava and posterior vena cava. A catheter, inserted in the right jugular vein and fitted with a rectilinear mandrel, is guided into the right auricle, the suprahepatic segment of posterior vena cava and a right hepatic vein. Successful catheterization of a right hepatic vein has been obtained in 47 out of 50 animals in which the procedure has been performed.
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Lebrec, D., Lacroix, S. & Benhamou, J.P. Hepatic vein catheterization in the rat. Pflugers Arch. 387, 67–68 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00580846
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