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- Title
Transcutaneous Doppler ultrasound measurement of coeliac axis blood flow in man.
- Authors
Qamar, M. I.; Read, A. E.; Skidmore, R.; Evans, J. M.; Williamson, R. C. N.
- Abstract
Transcutaneous Doppler ultrasound was used to measure coeliac axis blood flow in 42 normal subjects in the fasting state and in 10 subjects following a liquid meal. A Duplex scanner was used and coeliac axis blood flow was estimated by calculating the instantaneous average velocity of blood flow over the cardiac cycle. Both the diameter of the vessel and the angle between the vessel and the beam were measured from real time imaging. The mean (±s.e.m.) of coeliac axis blood flow was 703± 24 ml/min. There was no difference in the results between the sexes nor any correlation between flow and age. The mean coefficient of variability was 7.8 per cent in a 1 day test and 9.2 per cent in a 2 day test. Coeliac axis blood flow increased by 38 per cent immediately after the end of ingestion of the meal and declined to 29 per cent 5 min and 24 per cent 10 min later.
- Publication
British Journal of Surgery, 1985, Vol 72, Issue 5, p391
- ISSN
0007-1323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bjs.1800720519