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Studies of the Splanchnic, Hemodynamic, and Metabolic Responses to Vena Caval Occlusion

STEVEN M. HORVATH, Ph.D.; A. DOUGLAS BENDER, M.S.

AMA Arch Surg. 1961;82(5):668-673.

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Blood flow through the splanchnic bed has long been considered a major component of the total circulation by virtue of its function as a blood depot,^1,2 and thus, under control of the nervous system, plays a significant role as a determinant of cardiac output.³ Alterations in hepatic blood flow may cause or reflect physiological changes in the systemic circulation. It has been shown⁴ that after total occlusion of the thoracic aorta hepatic blood flow persisted at a level 27% of the control flow rate. This finding suggested the presence of collateral arterial circulation. Indeed, a subsequent study⁵ confirmed anatomically the presence of arterial anastomoses which connected the thoracic and abdominal aortas, and which became functional within a few seconds after the obstruction of the major channel.

The development of collateral venous circulation has been demonstrated by complete occlusion of inferior vena cava in man⁶ and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PHILADELPHIA

From the Departments of Physiology, Lankenau Hospital, and Jefferson Medical College.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 9, 1960.

This investigation was supported in part by Research Grant H-4190(C1) from the National Institutes of Health.

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