Open AccessBlood Pressure in the Unanesthetized Rat. I
Author(s) -
Frederick Olmsted,
A. C. Corcoran,
Irvine H. Page
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.3.5.722
Subject(s) - medicine , cuff , plethysmograph , blood pressure , surgery , anesthesia , anatomy
Methods of indirectly determining blood pressure in the rat are reviewed and their drawbacks noted. A new method is described which has the advantage of objectivity and provides permanent graphic record of each determination. The end point used is the reappearance of pulsation in the foot distal to a slowly deflating leg cuff. Application of the method is described and its use compared with tail plethysmography.
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