In cirrhotic patients, portal hypertension is often associated with a hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome, with high cardiac output and reduced systemic vascular resistance and arterial pressure. The hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome is due to arterial vasodilation that mainly occurs in the splanchnic circulation, while vascular resistance in the other circulatory districts is normal or increased, accordingly with the degree of portal hypertension, liver impairment and activation of the renin-aldosterone and sympathetic nervous system. The mechanism(s) leading to splanchnic vasodilation is unclear. A favored hypothesis translocation of intestinal bacteria and/or some their products, such as endotoxin, into the interstitial space in the splanchnic organs results in the local release of vasodilating factors such as nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and others.
Hemodynamic alterations in liver cirrhosis / La Villa G; Gentilini P.. - In: MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE. - ISSN 0098-2997. - STAMPA. - 29:(2008), pp. 112-118.
Hemodynamic alterations in liver cirrhosis.
LA VILLA, GIORGIO;GENTILINI, PAOLO
2008
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In cirrhotic patients, portal hypertension is often associated with a hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome, with high cardiac output and reduced systemic vascular resistance and arterial pressure. The hyperdynamic circulatory syndrome is due to arterial vasodilation that mainly occurs in the splanchnic circulation, while vascular resistance in the other circulatory districts is normal or increased, accordingly with the degree of portal hypertension, liver impairment and activation of the renin-aldosterone and sympathetic nervous system. The mechanism(s) leading to splanchnic vasodilation is unclear. A favored hypothesis translocation of intestinal bacteria and/or some their products, such as endotoxin, into the interstitial space in the splanchnic organs results in the local release of vasodilating factors such as nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and others.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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