Study of postmortem blood circulation.
The objective of this work was to study the postmortem redistribution of blood volumes and its influence of the distribution of substances of different molecular weight (194.2 and 150,000 Da). Lipiodol Ultrafluide, Omnitrast, or a radioisotopic mixture of aminohippuric acid and human IgG were injected into the left ventricle of a total of 20 rabbits divided into three groups. Our results demonstrate the importance of related factors, including left ventricular postmortem contraction, the arterial vascular bed, diffusion processes connected to the physicochemical characteristics of the substances, and the anatomical distribution of the vessels. Postmortem diffusion of aminohippuric acid to the urine was observed.
Gómez Zapata
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Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain.
Alcaraz
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Luna
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D000792:Angiography; D000818:Animals; D001810:Blood Volume / Q000502:physiology*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000502:physiology*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D011817:Rabbits; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000502:physiology