A system of vessels in which blood, after passing through one CAPILLARY BED, is conveyed through a second set of capillaries before it returns to the systemic circulation. It pertains especially to the hepatic portal system
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Liver Circulation : Vascular disorders of the liver : VALDIG's guide to management and causes / Dominique Valla, Juan Carlos Garcia-Pagan, Andrea De Gottardi, Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou, editors