Physiologic Peregrinations in Pancreatic Perfusion

Development of a physiologic ex vivo vessel perfusion system

Physiologic hyperinsulinemia enhances human skeletal muscle perfusion by capillary recruitment.

Despite intensive study, the relation between insulin's action on blood flow and glucose metabolism remains unclear. Insulin-induced changes in microvascular perfusion, independent from effects on total blood flow, could be an important variable contributing to insulin's metabolic action. We hypothesized that modest, physiologic increments in plasma insulin concentration alter microvascular per...

A new physiologic race

Dual-Energy Perfusion-CT in Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer - Preliminary Results.

PURPOSE To evaluate the diagnostic performance of dual energy (DE) perfusion-CT for the differentiation between postoperative soft-tissue formation and tumor recurrence in patients after potentially curative pancreatic cancer resection. MATERIAL AND METHODS 24 patients with postoperative soft-tissue formation in the conventional regular follow-up CT acquisition after pancreatic cancer resecti...

Pancreatic Perfusion CT in Early Stage of Severe Acute Pancreatitis

Early intensive care for severe acute pancreatitis is essential for improving SAP mortality rates. However, intensive therapies for SAP are often delayed because there is no ideal way to accurately evaluate severity in the early stages. Currently, perfusion CT has been shown useful to predict prognosis of SAP in the early stage. In this presented paper, we would like to review the clinical usef...