ABSTRACT
Hepatic blood flow was measured in 10 cirrhotic patients by a constant infusion of Indocyanine Green (ICG) and details of the technique are analysed. A decrease in total hepatic blood flow (0.777 +/- 0.38 l/min.) was found in most of the patients. Different variations in hepatic blood flow were observed in three patients after the administration of Cimetidine (300 mg IV). The response in hepatic blood flow in another patient in whom a peritoneo-jugular valve (Le Veen shunt) was inserted in analysed.
Subject(s)
Cimetidine/pharmacology , Indocyanine Green , Liver Circulation/drug effects , Liver Cirrhosis/physiopathology , Adult , Aged , Female , Hemodynamics , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Peritoneovenous ShuntABSTRACT
La determinacion del flujo sanguineo hepatico fue efectuada en pacientes portadores de hepatopatia cronica. Se utilizo um metodo de infusion continua con verde de indocianina, cuya tecnica se detalla.Los resultados basales en 10 pacientes y ejemplos de aplicacion de la tecnica son analizados. La correlacion del flujo sanguineo hepatico con otros elementos contribuye a definir de mejor manera el perfil hemodimico de las hepatopatias cronicas
Subject(s)
Adult , Middle Aged , Humans , Male , Female , Cimetidine , Indocyanine Green , Liver Circulation , Liver CirrhosisABSTRACT
Hepatic blood flow was measured in 10 cirrhotic patients by a constant infusion of Indocyanine Green (ICG) and details of the technique are analysed. A decrease in total hepatic blood flow (0.777 +/- 0.38 l/min.) was found in most of the patients. Different variations in hepatic blood flow were observed in three patients after the administration of Cimetidine (300 mg IV). The response in hepatic blood flow in another patient in whom a peritoneo-jugular valve (Le Veen shunt) was inserted in analysed.
ABSTRACT
La determinacion del flujo sanguineo hepatico fue efectuada en pacientes portadores de hepatopatia cronica. Se utilizo um metodo de infusion continua con verde de indocianina, cuya tecnica se detalla.Los resultados basales en 10 pacientes y ejemplos de aplicacion de la tecnica son analizados. La correlacion del flujo sanguineo hepatico con otros elementos contribuye a definir de mejor manera el perfil hemodimico de las hepatopatias cronicas