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[Effects induced hypothermia on hepatic portal circulation]
A Escalda1, L Silva Carvalho, L Laranjeira
1Instituto de Fisiologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbonne.
Comptes Rendus Des Seances De La Societe De Biologie Et De Ses Filiales
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Studies of the liver circulation in dogs during hypothermia, showed that portal blood flow is reduced with no significant changes of blood pressure and with important vascular resistance. These effects are probably due to the contraction of pre-capillaries sphincters.