Crossword By Christos Georgiades, MD, PhD, FSIR


Cirrhosis Across 1. Noun in BRTO denoting destruction


10. Target of 1A (sing.) 11. Brittle bone disease (acronym)


12. Dysfunction of this chamber may complicate TIPS placement (acronym)


13. Old old (hyphen.) 14. Portal hypertension due to this type of cirrhosis cannot be mitigated by a TIPS


17. Fictional femme fatale who frequented Rick’s Café Americaine


19. Institutional office concerned with personnel development (acronym)


20. Spanish for island (anagram of 17A)


21. “it’s a … or die situation” 22. Type of shunt from brain to gut (acronym)


23. Common hospital entry point of acute variceal bleed patients (acronym)


24. Movement of blood through the hepatic veins, as related to the liver


28. The most common type of surgical biliary anastomosis


29. Italian for male wolf and etymologic basis for a systemic autoimmune disease


33. Religious rank below priest, meaning servant in Greek


35. Stared at someone in anger


40. Same as in 19A 41. Referring to the liver 42. Adverse drug reaction to an anticoagulant that, counterintuitively, increases the risk of clot formation (acronym)


43. Type of ultrasound examination or probe for the examination of the liver (acronym)


44. Title for mafia boss 38 IRQ | WINTER 2022


45. Pertaining to the foot 46. Spontaneous shunt that mitigates portal hypertension


Down 1. Object with elliptic shape 2. Used to temporarily occlude the target vessel during BRTO


3. Fluid replacement created by Sydney Ringer (acronym)


4. Latin two 5. The 2019 SIR was held in its capital (state designation)


6. Lion’s noise 7. Type of pulmonary embolism nearly eliminated after the introduction of valved peel-away vascular sheaths


8. Colored part of the eye 9. Inter-atrial foramen that allows blood to


bypass the lungs during embryonic development 14. Meat dish popular in 5A 15. Guacamole as an appetizer


16. The dioxide form of this element can be used for hepatic venography in patients with chronic renal insufficiency


18. Type of flow in its natural physiological direction


22. The most popular model of this “people’s car” is the Bug. (ger. abbrev.)


25. State University in 5D capital (acronym)


26. Two letter designation for France


27. Disease characterized by repetitive, ritualistic behavior (acronym)


28. “Piece of … ,” old Spanish Peso designation on which the U.S. dollar sign is based (plural)


29. Musical note or California city


30. First to describe the TIPS procedure, has a needle named after him


31. Portion of venous circulation not draining into the heart


34. If the internal jugular is not patent, this vein maybe used instead (acronym)


36. “… of faith” 37. Common X-ray positioning geometry (acronym)


38. London college popular with British aristocracy


39. Extinct reptiles whose name stands for “mean lizards” (abbrev.)


42. Bachelorette party in England


45. Complication of DVT (abbrev.)


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