Nonobstructive chronic cannulation of the left circumflex coronary artery of the dog.
A cannulation technique for creating a nonobstructive port in a proximal coronary artery is described. The use of this technique in awake animals allows the blood pressure to be measured in a coronary artery distal to an experimentally produced stenosis. This port can also be used to inject drugs directly into the coronary bed.
D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004285:Dogs; D009203:Myocardial Infarction