Distribution of pressure gradients along hepatic vasculature

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Maass Moreno, Roberto ^a   Rothe, Carl F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatic lobule; Hepatic resistance; Liver; Microcirculation; Outflow sphincter; Sinusoid

Indexed keywords

CHLORALOSE; URETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CIRCULATION; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030857376     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.6.h2826     Document Type: Article

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