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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 248: G618-G625, 1985;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 248, Issue 6 618-G625, Copyright © 1985 by American Physiological Society

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Evolution of portal hypertension and mechanisms involved in its maintenance in a rat model

E. Sikuler, D. Kravetz and R. J. Groszmann

In rats with portal hypertension induced by partial ligation of the portal vein, we have recently demonstrated an increased portal venous inflow that becomes an important factor in the maintenance of portal hypertension. The sequence of events that leads into this circulatory disarray is unknown. We evaluated chronologically the chain of hemodynamic changes that occurred after portal hypertension was induced by partial ligation of the portal vein. In this model it is possible to follow, from the initiation of the portal-hypertensive state, the interaction between blood flow and resistance in the portal system as well as the relation between the development of portal-systemic shunting and the elevated portal venous inflow. The study was performed in 45 portal-hypertensive rats and in 29 sham-operated rats. Blood flow and portal-systemic shunting were measured by radioactive microsphere techniques. The constriction of the portal vein was immediately followed by a resistance-induced portal hypertension characterized by increased portal resistance (9.78 +/- 0.89 vs. 4.18 +/- 0.71 dyn X s X cm-5 X 10(4), mean +/- SE, P less than 0.01), increased portal pressure (17.7 +/- 0.9 vs. 9.5 +/- 0.6 mmHg, P less than 0.001), and decreased portal venous inflow (3.93 +/- 0.26 vs. 6.82 +/- 0.49 ml X min-1 X 100 g body wt-1, P less than 0.001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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