[The status of splanchnic blood circulation in patients with varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach in liver cirrhosis].

Complex hemodynamical investigations were done in 166 patients with liver cirrhosis and the portal hypertension syndrome. Patients with varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach versus patients with isolated varicose veins of the esophagus have significantly higher resistance of vessels of the a. hepatica and v. porta systems, more pronounced losses of portal perfusion at the expense of varicose veins of stomach, gastro- and splenorenal shunts and lower volumetric blood flow in v. lienalis. While varicose veins of the esophagus and stomach occur an absolute values of the arterial and portal blood flow in liver are lowering, common hepatic blood flow reduces. The varicose veins of the stomach existence testifies high degree of the portosystemic shunting development with subsequent lowering of volumetric blood flow in v. lienalis in comparison with such in isolated varicose veins of the esophagus.