Gastric artery embolization: studying the effects of catheter type and injection method on microsphere distributions within a benchtop arterial model

Table 3 Published left gastric and hepatic arterial flow rates for dogs

Artery	Investigator(s)	Average flow (mL/min)	Average dog weight (kg)	Average flow per dog mass (mL/min/kg)	Average for anatomy (mL/min/kg)	Ratio, HA/LGA
Left gastric	Jacobson	39.0	14.0	2.79	2.70	2.84
Left gastric	Naruse	33.9	13.0	2.61	2.70
Hepatic	Burton-Opitz	143.5^a	19.1^b	7.8^a (7.5 by authors’ calculation)	7.65
Hepatic	Grodins et al.	144.0^a	19.1^c	7.5^a	7.65

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