Abstract
The hepatic blood flow (EHBF) and the oxygen consumption of the liver(splanchnic O2 consumption) were estimated and calculated by the hepatic venous catheterization on normal fifteen healthy persons and twenty-three patients without liver disease in resting and fasting state.
(1) The EHBF was 870 (700-1140) cc/min./M2 in fifteen healthy persons, 830 (670-1140) cc/min./M2 in twelve patients with chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer, and 880 (775-1040) cc/min./M2 in three patients with bronchial asthma and pulmonary diseases. The average EHBF of these thirty cases without liver disease was 855 cc/min./M2.
(2) In four patients with diabetes mellitus the EHBF was slightly decreased, and in four cases with essential hypertension the EHBF was moderately decreased.
(3) In healthy persons and the patients without liver disease, approximately 24% of the basal cardiac output passes through the hepatic circuit.
(4) The average hepatic arteriovenous oxygen difference was 4.86 Vol.% in ten cases, and the average hepatic (splanchnic) oxygen consumption was 40.7 cc/min./M2 in nine cases.
(5) The validity of the BSP method in the estimation of the hepatic blood flow was discussed.
