Lipid and phospholipid content of canine liver tissue after portacaval anastomosis with or without additional arterialization of the intrahepatic portal vein

: The concentration of phospholipids and total lipids was determined 4 weeks after a portocaval shunt (PCS) in liver tissue of adult mongrel dogs. The concentration of total lipids increased from 33.5 +/- 3.6 to 71.2 +/- 6.9 mg/g ww, whereas the concentration of phospholipids declined from 26.1 +/- 3.1 to 19.8 +/- 7.8 mg/g ww. These changes are not observed when, in addition to the PCS, a pressure-adapted arterialization of the liver is established. They are therfore caused by the decreased blood supply to the liver after PCS alone.