Effect of meal induced splanchnic arterial vasodilatation on renal arterial haemodynamics in normal subjects and patients with cirrhosis

T Iwao, K. Oho, Ryuichi Nakano, Makoto Yamawaki, Takahiro Sakai, Masahiro Sato, Yoshinori Miyamoto, Atsushi Toyonaga, K Tanikawa

Gut · 1998 · 25 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

Results support the hypothesis that renal arterial vasoconstriction seen in patients with cirrhosis is one of the kidney's homoeostatic responses to underfilling of the splanchnic arterial circulation.

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