Abstract
Summary
A method is described for determination of direct mean systemic blood pressure in the femoral artery of the unanesthetized rabbit. Weekly blood pressures of 24 rabbits, for 3 successive weeks, and of 6 other rabbits, for 12 weeks, are given. Production of persistent renal hypertension, unaccompanied by significant impairment of renal excretory function, is described and illustrated. It is hoped that publication of this method for determination of the blood pressure of the unanesthetized rabbit will stimulate others to employ this animal more often in future studies of experimental hypertension.
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