Perfusion of colorectal hepatic metastases: Relative distribution of flow from the hepatic artery and portal vein Journal Article
| Authors: | Ridge, J. A.; Bading, J. R.; Gelbard, A. S.; Benua, R. S.; Daly, J. M. |
| Article Title: | Perfusion of colorectal hepatic metastases: Relative distribution of flow from the hepatic artery and portal vein |
| Abstract: | The importance of portal circulation in the delivery of drugs and nutrients to colorectal hepatic metastases is controversial. Using 13N (nitrogen 13) amino acids and ammonia with dynamic gamma camera imaging, we demonstrate, for the first time in human beings, a quantitative advantage of hepatic artery compared with portal vein infusion. Eleven patients were studied by hepatic artery injection, five patients were studied by portal vein injection, and two patients had injections through both routes. Data collected from the liver for 10 minutes after rapid bolus injection of 13N L‐glutamate, L‐glutamine, or ammonia were compared with 99mTc (technetium) macroaggregated albumin (MAA) images produced after injection through the hepatic artery or portal vein at the same session. Tumor regions defined from 99mTc sulfur colloid scans were compared with nearby liver areas of similar thickness. For the 13N compounds, the area‐normalized count rate at first pass maximum (Qmax) and the tissue extraction efficiency were computed. The tumor/liver Qmax ratios for MAA and 13N compounds were highly correlated. Both tumor and liver extracted more than 70% of the nitrogenous compounds. The tumor/liver Qmax ratios reflect the relative delivery of injected tracer per unit volume of tissue. After hepatic artery injection the Qmax ratio was 1.03 ± 0.33 (mean ± SD), significantly exceeding the Qmax ratio of 0.50 ± 0.34 after portal vein injection (P < 0.003). Therefore, (1) more than twice as much of a nutrient substrate is delivered per volume of tumor relative to liver by the hepatic artery as by the portal vein; (2) the high extraction efficiency demonstrates that the hepatic artery flow is nutritive; and (3) the delivery of substance in solution (such as nutrients or drugs) to tumor and liver tissue correlates with the distribution of colloids such as macroaggregated albumin after hepatic arterial and portal venous injection. Copyright © 1987 American Cancer Society |
| Keywords: | adult; clinical article; aged; middle aged; liver neoplasms; methodology; technetium tc 99m sulfur colloid; metastasis; colonic neoplasms; vascularization; colorectal carcinoma; liver metastasis; liver; cardiovascular system; diagnosis; radioisotope; rectal neoplasms; glutamine; hepatic artery; scintigraphy; regional blood flow; large intestine; portal vein blood flow; humans; human; male; female; priority journal; technetium tc 99m aggregated albumin |
| Journal Title: | Cancer |
| Volume: | 59 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| ISSN: | 0008-543X |
| Publisher: | Wiley Blackwell |
| Date Published: | 1987-05-01 |
| Start Page: | 1547 |
| End Page: | 1553 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1097-0142(19870501)59:9<1547::Aid-cncr2820590903>3.0.Co;2-6 |
| PUBMED: | 3828954 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 5 February 2021 -- Source: Scopus |
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