World journal of gastroenterology : WJG
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World J. Gastroenterol. · Jul 2009
Cardiopulmonary bypass induced microcirculatory injury of the small bowel in rats.
To investigate microvascular injury quantitatively in the small bowel with respect to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and related mechanisms. ⋯ CPB induces significant microcirculatory injury of the small bowel in rats. The major underlying mechanisms are blood flow redistribution and generalized inflammatory response associated with CPB.