A 63-Year-Old Man Was Admitted to the Emergency Department Complaining

A 63-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department complaining of a 5-day history of right upper quadrant abdominal pain associated with nausea and vomiting. The patient has a history of hereditary hypercoagulability. On examination, the patient has right upper quadrant tenderness. Laboratory workup shows elevated AST and ALT. Negative hepatitis tests. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen shows a thrombus in the hepatic artery. The patient is scheduled to undergo percutaneous angiography of the hepatic artery. Contrast administration into which of the following structures is most likely to enhance the targeted artery?

A) Celiac trunk
B) Gastroduodenal artery
C) Inferior mesenteric artery
D) Inferior vena cava
E) Splenic artery
F) Superior mesenteric artery

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