title: Technique for percutaneous pulmonary arterial catheterization in conscious dogs.
abstract: A technique was developed to allow percutaneous placement and exchange of pulmonary arterial catheters in conscious dogs. Seven dogs were catheterized weekly for 5 weeks, using a 10-gauge over-the-needle cannula. A No. 7 F flow-directed catheter was passed through the cannula to measure right heart and pulmonary arterial pressures and to calculate cardiac output. The flow-directed catheter was removed and replaced with an arteriographic catheter, and a pulmonary arteriogram was performed. Placement in alternate jugular or saphenous veins each week resulted in successful catheterizations in all dogs evaluated.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery