STUDY ON THE HEMODYNAMICS OF SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY IN PATIENTS WITH CIRRHOSIS / 中国现代普通外科进展

ABSTRACT

Objective: To study superior mesenteric artery hemodynamics in patients with hepatic cirrhosis and to investigate the mechanism of hepatic cirrhosis ascites. Methods: superior mesenteric artery hymodynamics were measured py duplex Doppler ultrasound in 80 patients with hepatic cirrhosis,50 control supjects. Results: Both SMA-Pl and SMA-Rl in patients with hepatic cirrhosis compensation or decompensation were decreased. SMA-Pl was lower in those with ascites without ascites. and tends to worsen in relation to severity of varicosity in esophagus. Conclusion: SMA-Pl decrease occurs in cirrhosis since the early stage of the disease. Hyperdynamics of SMA relates to ascites formation and esophageal varicecosity.