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Instrumentation of Near-term Fetal Sheep for Multivariate Chronic Non-anesthetized Recordings
Published on: October 25, 2015
A "top-down-approach" to insert catheters into the circulation of fetal sheep using ultrasound B-scan
Hobe J Schröder1, Mikhail Tchirikov
1Experimental Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. schroede@uke.uni-hamburg.de
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|July 4, 2006
Abstract
Objective:
The objective of the study was the catheterization of vessels in fetal sheep under ultrasound control.
Study Design:
A catheter with guiding wire was introduced into the external jugular vein or carotid artery and advanced caudally.
Results:
The aorta and umbilical vein could be accessed.
Conclusion:
Major segments of the circulation are accessible from the neck for chronic instrumentation.
