Mesenteric Vascular Insufficiency

Editorials1 September 1965Mesenteric Vascular InsufficiencyC. ANDERSON HEDBERG, M.D., JOSEPH B. KIRSNER, M.D.C. ANDERSON HEDBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, JOSEPH B. KIRSNER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-63-3-535 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInformation on the physiology of the blood flow to the bowel in man is limiited, due to the impossibility of routine sampling of the portal blood stream. Data obtained from animal studies have shown widely variable results, owing to differences in anesthetic and surgical technique, and to the use of flow measuring devices that are not comparable (1). Evidence indicates, however, that the mesenteric circulation can be characterized as a system rich in anastomotic networks, with low resistance, high flow, and a moderate atrioventricular extraction at rest (about 4.9 vol/100 ml) (2). The increasing clinical interest in this area is...References1. JACOBSON ED: The circulation of the stomach. Gastroenterology 48: 85, 1965. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. HADDY FI: Survey of current knowledge on visceral blood flow. Amer. J. Dig. Dis. 8: 558, 1963. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. GREENKEPSCHAR HDJH: Control of peripheral resistance in major systemic vascular beds. Physiol. Rev. 39: 617, 1959. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DEALGREEN CPHD: Comparison of changes in mesenteric resistance following splanchnic nerve stimulation with responses to epinephrine and nor-epinephrine. Circ. Res. 4: 38, 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Role of hypovolaemia in the production of the disease.Ischemic colitisAbdominal AngiographyHemorrhagic Necrosis of the Senile Endometrium (Apoplexia Uteri)An arteriographic study of mesenteric arterial disease. I. Large vessel changes. 1 September 1965Volume 63, Issue 3Page: 535-538KeywordsAnestheticsBloodBlood flowRiversVascular insufficiency Issue Published: 1 September 1965 PDF downloadLoading ...