Abstract
Summary
A method is described for placing permanent polyethelene catheters into the pulmonary artery and vein of dogs through the jugular vein and common carotid artery, respectively. The pulmonary artery catheter seems to cause little trouble to the animals and has been kept in place up to 56 days for sampling blood and measuring pressures. The pulmonary vein catheters, however, cause considerable trauma and animals succumb within 10 days after placement of the tube.
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