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Endoscopic measurement of gastric mucosal blood flow with special reference to the effect of sclerotherapy in patients with liver cirrhosis. 1990

H Nishiwaki, and T Asai, and M Sowa, and K Umeyama

First Department of Surgery, Osaka City University Medical School, Japan.

Gastric mucosal blood flow plays an important role as a background factor in the pathogenesis of acute gastric mucosal lesion. In this study, endoscopic measurement of regional gastric mucosal blood flow was performed on 41 patients with esophageal varices due to liver cirrhosis to ascertain the possible relations of this parameter to liver function, portal pressure, and acute gastric mucosal lesion. The effect of sclerotherapy and of esophageal transection on gastric mucosal blood flow were also investigated. Regional gastric mucosal blood flow in either the antrum or the corpus was significantly decreased in these patients, compared with normal controls. There was also a significant difference in gastric mucosal blood flow between two subgroups of patients, one with gastric mucosal lesions and the other without these lesions. Sclerosing therapy for esophageal varices tended to affect this parameter. Gastric mucosal blood flow had no significant correlation with portal pressure.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008103	Liver Cirrhosis	Liver disease in which the normal microcirculation, the gross vascular anatomy, and the hepatic architecture have been variably destroyed and altered with fibrous septa surrounding regenerated or regenerating parenchymal nodules.	Cirrhosis, Liver,Fibrosis, Liver,Hepatic Cirrhosis,Liver Fibrosis,Cirrhosis, Hepatic
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011168	Portal System	A system of vessels in which blood, after passing through one CAPILLARY BED, is conveyed through a second set of capillaries before it returns to the systemic circulation. It pertains especially to the hepatic portal system.	Portal Systems,System, Portal,Systems, Portal
D012039	Regional Blood Flow	The flow of BLOOD through or around an organ or region of the body.	Blood Flow, Regional,Blood Flows, Regional,Flow, Regional Blood,Flows, Regional Blood,Regional Blood Flows
D001794	Blood Pressure	PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS.	Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D005260	Female		Females
D005753	Gastric Mucosa	Lining of the STOMACH, consisting of an inner EPITHELIUM, a middle LAMINA PROPRIA, and an outer MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE. The surface cells produce MUCUS that protects the stomach from attack by digestive acid and enzymes. When the epithelium invaginates into the LAMINA PROPRIA at various region of the stomach (CARDIA; GASTRIC FUNDUS; and PYLORUS), different tubular gastric glands are formed. These glands consist of cells that secrete mucus, enzymes, HYDROCHLORIC ACID, or hormones.	Cardiac Glands,Gastric Glands,Pyloric Glands,Cardiac Gland,Gastric Gland,Gastric Mucosas,Gland, Cardiac,Gland, Gastric,Gland, Pyloric,Glands, Cardiac,Glands, Gastric,Glands, Pyloric,Mucosa, Gastric,Mucosas, Gastric,Pyloric Gland
D005773	Gastroscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the interior of the stomach.	Gastroscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Gastroscopic,Gastroscopic Surgery,Surgery, Gastroscopic,Gastroscopic Surgeries,Gastroscopic Surgical Procedure,Gastroscopies,Procedure, Gastroscopic Surgical,Procedures, Gastroscopic Surgical,Surgeries, Gastroscopic,Surgical Procedure, Gastroscopic
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man