Pulmonary pressures at high flows in the intact pulsatile flow perfused lung

Pulmonary pressure-flow curves can be easily generated in the intact animal by using a combination of systemic arteriovenous (a-v) fistulas and inferior vena cava (IVC) occlusion. By combining this technique with pulmonary artery occlusion, pulmonary pressure-flow curves may be studied over a broader range of pressures than has been previously been done in the intact, resting animal using pulsatile flow. Pressure-flow curves were generated by …