The knowledge of abdominal vascular anatomy is very important for surgeons and radiologists to perform many of the clinical diagnostic evaluations. The celiac trunk, one of the branches of the abdominal aorta shows numerous variations in its branching pattern and its branches. The present study is to demonstrate the rare branching pattern of celiac trunk, into hepatogastric and hepatosplenic tr...

In an effort to achieve high concentrations of 5-fluorouracil (5-FUra) in the hepatic circulation while minimizing systemic exposure, several routes of intrahepatic administration were compared in the canine model. To ascertain these data, 5-FUra (30 mg/kg) was given as a bolus into either a systemic vein (femoral vein), hepatic artery, hepatic artery distal to its ligation after hepatic dearte...

Arterial infusion or perfusion are currently used to treat hepatic tumours, head and neck malignancy, melanomas and sarcomas of the limbs. An experimental study with epirubicin and cis-platinum infused into the hepatic artery was performed. Epirubicin was injected via the systemic vein or the hepatic artery in 27 rats. Cis-platinum was injected via a systemic route or the hepatic artery in 29 r...

Twelve mongrel dogs were randomly allocated into two groups using matched paired-design. Catheters were inserted into the hepatic artery, hepatic vein and the femoral vein, respectively. In the first group, gelfoam supplemented with mitomycin C (MMC) was injected into the hepatic artery, whereas the second group received a hepatic arterial injection of MMC solution alone. Simultaneous blood sam...

UNLABELLED Laparoscopic surgery is associated with systemic and splanchnic hemodynamic alterations. Recent data suggest that small-dose dobutamine may attenuate the reduction in splanchnic blood flow associated with increments in intraabdominal pressure. We conducted this study to analyze the effects of dopamine and dobutamine on the hepatic circulation in this setting. Twenty-one pigs were ane...

The difference in HDL-lipid constituents was examined in sera from the hepatic vein and femoral artery. In HDL, HDL2 and HDL3 the most pronounced difference existed in the triglyceride concentration which was significantly higher in the femoral artery as compared to the hepatic vein. The cholesterol and phospholipid concentrations of HDL2 alone but not of HDL3 were also significantly higher in ...

Liver neoplasms, whether they are benign or malignant, are usually fed by the hepatic artery. We experienced a case of hepatic angiosarcoma supplied by both hepatic artery and portal vein. Since there are currently no specific laboratory tests to diagnose hepatic angiosarcoma, it is important to detect suspect cases from imaging features. This unique hemodynamic property was detected on compute...

BACKGROUND Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with a risk of coronary artery disease (e.g., diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome). We evaluated whether nonalcoholic hepatic steatosis is associated with high-risk plaques as assessed by multidetector computed tomography (CT). METHODS This retrospective study involved 414 participants suspected of having coronary arter...

Hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy is used in the treatment of certain selected hepatic tumors, especially metastatic adenocarcinoma of the colon. Chemical cholecystitis has been recognized recently as a complication of hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy. We performed hepatobiliary scans on ten patients receiving hepatic artery infusion chemotherapy. All ten patients had abnormal hepatobili...