In 2 patients, the umbilical vein connected to the systemic venous circulation by way of the portalsinus: via an abnormal venous channel from the portal sinus to the right atrium (case 1) and presum-ably via hepatic sinusoids to the hepatic veins (case 2).
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Smart is married to actor Richard Gilliland, whom she met while working on the set of Designing Women (he played J.D. Shackelford, the boyfriend of Annie Potts ' character, Mary Jo Shively). They have a son, Connor Douglas (born 1989) and a daughter, Bonnie Kathleen (adopted as a baby from China in May 2009).