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Catheterization of the Carotid Artery and Jugular Vein to Perform Hemodynamic Measures, Infusions and Blood Sampling in a Conscious Rat Model
Published on: January 30, 2015
[Autonomic cardiovascular regulation and permanent catheterization in normotensive conscious (WKY) and spontaneously
M Midol-Monnet1, M Heimburger, M Davy
1Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, U.A.-C.N.R.S. 594, Faculté de Pharmacie, Châtenay-Malabry.
Abstract:
In cardiovascular research, methods of indwelling catheterism have been frequently described. In the present work, we used normotensive and SHR rats to compare carotid catheterism to left ventricular catheterism, this last method being proposed by some investigators for cardiac index measurement. Our results of plasma catecholamines and autonomous nervous system activity show that ventricular catheterism results in an important disturb in cardiovascular regulation and question its validity to study cardiac function.
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