Progress in Applied Microcirculation / Liver Microcirculation and Hepatobiliary Function
11th Bodensee Symposium on Microcirculation, Bad Schachen, June 1992
Published in 1993
Book
Hardback
X, 172 pages
978-3-8055-5701-6 (ISBN)
Description
The anatomical location of the liver and the unique characteristics of its arterial and portal venous blood supply have posed problems for those studying blood flow and regulatory mechanisms in hepatic microcirculation. In recent years, new techniques for the assessment of both local blood supply and liver function have been advanced by various groups around the world. This publication, reporting on the 11th Bodensee Symposium on Microcirculation, presents the latest research efforts using a variety of new tools in conjunction with fluorescence microscopy. Of special interest are the many new findings on ischemia and reperfusion, which have significant implications for liver surgery, the liver in shock and liver transplantation in particular. Summaries of the discussion sessions are also included. The book contains valuable information for microcirculation researchers and all those interested in liver microcirculation and hepatobiliary transport phenomena and function.
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From blood to bile and back - new perspectives, Z. Gatmaitan and I.M. Arias; ATP-dependent transport across the hepatocyte canalicular membrane, summary of discussion, D. Keppler et al; a new aspect of the hepatic microvasculature - electron microscopic evidence for the presence of ito cells around portal and hepatic venules as pericytes, M. Oda et al; assessment of liver microcirculation with the multiple indicator dilution technique, J. Reichen; organization and flow in the liver microcirculation, summary of discussion, P.J. MacPhee et al; hepatic microvascular responses to endotoxemia and sepsis, R.S. McCuskey; hepatic microcirculation in hemorrhagic shock, B. Vollmar et al; microcirculatory manifestations of hepatic ischemia/reperfusion injury, summary of discussion, M.D. Menger et al; paradox of oxyten-radical-dependent cell injury in the hypoxic liver microcirculation - with special reference to intralobular functional heterogeneity, M. Suematsu et al; leukocyte-dependent and -independent hepatic microvascular injury during reperfusion after warm ischemia, M.G. Clemens et al; hepatic reperfusion injury following cold ischemia in the rat - potentials of quantitative analysis by in vivo fluorescence microscopy, summary of discussion, S. Post et al.