Open AccessEffect of Portosystemic Shunting on PGI2 and Glucagon Levels in Humans
Author(s) -
James V. Sitzmann,
Kurtis A. Campbell,
Yuping Wu,
John L. Cameron
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199303000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , portal venous pressure , portal hypertension , splanchnic , cirrhosis , shunting , prostacyclin , hemodynamics , cardiology , portosystemic shunt , gastroenterology , portal venous system
This study determined if the proposed mediators of splanchnic blood flow, prostacyclin and glucagon, were elevated in patients with portal hypertension undergoing portal systemic shunts.