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PULMONARY AIR EMBOLIZATION IN THE DOG: POSTMORTEM FINDINGS
Author(s) -
Dahlgren S. E.,
Josephson S.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section a pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-4184
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1970.tb02528.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary arterial pressure , embolization , lung , arterial embolization , anesthesia , radiology
The effect of acute pulmonary air embolization on lung morphology was investigated in twenty‐eight dogs. In sixteen animals, no lesions were observed. In twelve dogs, a slight oedema formation was found on histological examination only. No relation to the pulmonary arterial pressure increase was detected. Arterial hypoxaemia had appeared in oedematous as well as non‐oedematous dogs. Thus, pulmonary oedema did not seem to depend on pulmonary arterial pressure rise or to contribute to the arterial hypoxaemia after lung embolization with air.