Obstruction of the common bile duct in experimental renal hypertension in dogs.

Abstract

The frequency of arterial hypertension in subchronic atrophy of the liver is very low in relation to what might be expected according to the age-distribution of the patients. The hypothesis was established that a severely damaged liver function may prevent the development of arterial hypertension, or may obviate an already existing hypertension, and that a normal or only slightly inhenced liver function is a necessary condition for the development of hypertension.Summarizing, it can be said about the results of our experiments that 6 hypertensive dogs (with experimental, rend hypertension according to Goldblatt's method!) -4 having had hypertension of short duration, 2 having had a more prolonged hypertension -displayed a gradual fall of the blood pressure towards or down to the normal, pre-operative values after obstruction of the common bile duct had been established. These blood pressure falls were observed in clogs in good health, which were sufficiently fed.In one dog biliary cirrhosis with ascites a...