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J Appl Physiol 67: 2205-2211, 1989;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 67, Issue 6 2205-2211, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Phasic capillary pressure determined by arterial occlusion in intact dog lung lobes

Y. Yamada, M. Suzukawa, M. Chinzei, T. Chinzei, N. Kawahara, K. Suwa and K. Numata
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.

In six open-chest dogs, electrocardiogram- (ECG) controlled pulmonary arterial occlusion was performed during the control period and during the infusions of serotonin and histamine. A temporal series of instantaneous pulmonary capillary pressure and the longitudinal distributions of vascular resistance and compliance were evaluated in the intact left lower lung lobe. In the control period, we found a significant phasic variation of pulmonary capillary pressure (Pc) with the cardiac cycle. The ratio of arterial to venous resistances (Ra/Rv) was 6:4, and the ratio of arterial to capillary compliances (Ca/Cc) was 1:11. During the infusions of serotonin and histamine, Pc showed similar phasic variations, despite significant hemodynamic changes induced by these agents. Serotonin predominantly increased Ra, whereas histamine predominantly increased Rv. The ratio of Rv to the total resistance decreased significantly from 0.42 to 0.32 during the infusion of serotonin and increased significantly to 0.62 during the infusion of histamine. The data suggest that phasic Pc determined by ECG-controlled arterial occlusion reflects the pulsatility in the pulmonary microvascular bed under control conditions and after alterations of the pulmonary vascular resistance by serotonin and histamine.


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