Measuring Right Ventricular Pressure in Conscious G-Stressed Miniature Swine.

Abstract

This report presents a technique which allows the introduction of a Millar pressure transducer into the right cardiac chambers, via a chronically implanted venous catheter, in conscious animals. The transducer can then be secured, and pressures in the right ventricle can be measured in conscious animals during exposure to various stressful environments. Since neither analgesia nor anesthesia is needed before, during, or after transducer placement, measurements can be made in (fully) unanesthetized animals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA081169

Entities

People

  • Earl F. Jones
  • James E. Whinnery
  • M. Harold Laughlin

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biomedical Research
  • Blood
  • Body Regions
  • Catheters
  • Government Procurement
  • Jugular Vein
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Surgery
  • Transducers
  • Veins
  • Vena Cava

Readers

  • Cardiovascular Physiology
  • Fluid Dynamics.