Part 1 & 2 Detection of portosystemic shunts and the negative shunt hunt, utilizing the SDEP abdominal scanning protocol; exhaustive review of EHPSS and IHPSS including clinical approaches, medical and surgical management in this 2 part series.
Course Objectives:
	
Hepatic vascular anatomy
	
Scanning technique: SDEP positions 9-14
	
The negative shunt hunt
	
Clinical signs, integration of lab work and congenital considerations
	
Portal hypertension dissected
	
Extrahepatic shunts and utilization of CT
	
Extrahepatic shunts and intrahepatic shunts with schematics
	
Sonographic obstacles and solutions to imaging using the SDEP technique
	
Supportive research
	
Cats and shunts
	
Clinical approaches, treatment, and management
Approved for 1 CE Credit