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Techniques for arteriography and hydraulic analysis of coronary stenoses in unsedated dogs.

Abstract
This report describes techniques for obtaining pressure flow characteristics and arteriograms of controlled coronary stenoses in unsedated, trained dogs. Coronary flow velocity was recorded by calibrated Doppler velocity transducers linear to three times maximum coronary flow velocity. Pressure losses across stenoses were measured by a differential pressure transducer through small catheters implanted in the distal and proximal left circumflex coronary artery or ascending aorta, a system that was linear within +/-5% to 30 Hz. Coronary stenoses were produced by saline-filled, perivascular cuff constrictors inflated to constant pressure by a pressure regulator. Catheters were implanted in the pulmonary artery for injection of intravenous drugs or diffusible radionuclides and in the left atrium for injection of radionuclide microspheres. Contrast medium was injected through the proximal coronary catheter, and high-resolution arteriograms were obtained by single-spot filming on ultra detail X-ray film and cassettes at end diastole by triggering X-ray exposures from the electrocardiogram. In 13 dogs studied consecutively, the surgical mortality was 15.4%. All implanted instruments functioned for an average of 8 wk per dog.
AuthorsK L Gould, D Lee, K Lovgren
JournalThe American journal of physiology (Am J Physiol) Vol. 235 Issue 3 Pg. H350-6 (Sep 1978) ISSN: 0002-9513 [Print] United States
PMID696847 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Topics
  • Angiography (methods)
  • Animals
  • Catheterization
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Coronary Disease (diagnosis)
  • Dogs
  • Electrocardiography
  • Regional Blood Flow

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