title: [Louis Desliens' contributions to modern cardiac exploration. Results of the cardiac catheterization in the horse].
abstract: In 1916 Louis Desliens, veterinary practitioner; submitted to the Academy of Sciences a description of a new way of exploring the cardiovascular system: percutaneous catheteri- zation. In 1935 he published the results of thirty years of explorations in hemodynamics mainly in horses: physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacodynamics. The text considers the very pioneering nature of these studies.
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Braganti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006736:Horses; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000266:history*