Experimental hypertension. Apparatus for reliable inderect determination of blood pressure in conscious rats.
A new apparatus for reliable indirect routine determination of blood pressure in rats is presented. The device provides a reproducible good correlation between indirect measuring and direct intraarterial blood pressure and allows an accurate determination of pulse rate of the unanesthetized animal.
D000818:Animals; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000662:veterinary*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D011674:Pulse; D051381:Rats / Q000502:physiology*; D013623:Tail / Q000098:blood supply