TY - JOUR
T1 - Duodenal meal stimulation leads to coeliac artery vasoconstriction and superior mesenteric artery vasodilatation
T2 - An intra-abdominal ultrasound study
AU - Geelkerken, Robert H.
AU - Lamers, Cornelis B.H.W.
AU - Delahunt, Trudy A.
AU - Hermans, Jo
AU - Zwijsen, Johannes H.M.J.
AU - Van Bockel, J. Hajo
PY - 1998/12/1
Y1 - 1998/12/1
N2 - To evaluate the influence of duodenal feeding on splanchnic blood flow, 14 patients with normal coeliac and superior mesenteric arteries underwent intra-abdominal duplex scanning of the systemic and splanchnic circulation under standardised basal and meal-stimulated conditions. Doppler samples and diameter measurements were taken of the aorta, coeliac artery, common hepatic artery, splenic artery, superior mesenteric artery, and inferior mesenteric artery. Duodenal meal stimulation has no systemic effects (p > 0.4). However, duodenal meal stimulation results in coeliac artery vasoconstriction (p < 0.06) and superior mesenteric artery vasodilatation (p < 0.05). This study supports other reported results that gastrointestinal blood flow is dependent on the site of food stimulation.
AB - To evaluate the influence of duodenal feeding on splanchnic blood flow, 14 patients with normal coeliac and superior mesenteric arteries underwent intra-abdominal duplex scanning of the systemic and splanchnic circulation under standardised basal and meal-stimulated conditions. Doppler samples and diameter measurements were taken of the aorta, coeliac artery, common hepatic artery, splenic artery, superior mesenteric artery, and inferior mesenteric artery. Duodenal meal stimulation has no systemic effects (p > 0.4). However, duodenal meal stimulation results in coeliac artery vasoconstriction (p < 0.06) and superior mesenteric artery vasodilatation (p < 0.05). This study supports other reported results that gastrointestinal blood flow is dependent on the site of food stimulation.
KW - Meal stimulation
KW - Splanchnic circulation
KW - Ultrasound
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0032428371&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00128-8
DO - 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00128-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 10385958
AN - SCOPUS:0032428371
SN - 0301-5629
VL - 24
SP - 1351
EP - 1356
JO - Ultrasound in medicine and biology
JF - Ultrasound in medicine and biology
IS - 9
ER -