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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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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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