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Portal blood flow measured by duplex scanning during mesenteric infarction

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13

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1986

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Hideo Takahashi, Jun Takezawa, Toshiki Okada, SAE YOUNG KIM, Nobuyuki Taenaka, Yasuhiro Shimada, Ikuto Yoshiya
Critical Care Medicine

Abstract

The portal blood flow of a 70-yr-old man with suspected massive mesenteric infarction was measured using duplex scanning. The main portal flow was 109 ml/min, while cardiac output was 4.2 L/min. Laparotomy revealed a massive mesenteric infarction from proximal jejunum to rectum. Duplex scanning may be a useful method for studying the course of mesenteric infarction.