Dynamics of arterial and portal venous flow interactions in perfused rat liver: An intravital microscopic study

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 1 34-1, 1996, Pages

  Sherman, Igor A ^a   Dlugosz, John A ^b   Barker, Ford ^b   Sadeghi, Farhad M ^b   Pang, K Sandy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

dually perfused rat liver preparation; hepatic microcirculation; hepatic vascular resistance; pressure; prograde and retrograde perfusion; sinusoidal velocity; terminal hepatic venules; transit time

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; LIVER PERFUSION; LIVER SINUSOID; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENULE;

EID: 0029774106     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1996.271.1.g201     Document Type: Article

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