Abstract
An ex vivo heart lung perfusion system (EVHLPS) was designed and constructed in order to facilitate the study of hemodynamic and mechanical phenomena associated with the equine pulmonary vascular system. Fresh en bloc heart and lung preparations collected from adult horses were placed in an enclosed chamber in normal anatomic orientation and perfused with isotonic phosphate buffered saline (PBS) via a closed loop, pulsatile perfusion system. Pulmonary artery (PA) pressure, left atrial pressure and perfusate temperature were regulated. Lungs were ventilated by static lung inflation and dynamic positive pressure ventilation (PPV). Instrumentation was introduced into the pulmonary arterial system via an instrument chamber incorporated in the perfusate flow piping upstream from the cranial vena cava. Key physiologic parameters (mean [SD]); PA flow (1.57 [0.61] L/min); systolic pressure (SAP) (42.5 [6.83] mmHg); diastolic pressure (DAP) (30.3 [3.86] mmHg); and perfusate temperature (37.1 [0.46]°C) were observed with en bloc heart and lung preparations (n = 5). PA pulse wave velocity (PWV) was found to vary from 1.72 to 12.50 m/s (n = 2) and appeared to have directly proportional relationships with mean arterial pressure (MAP) and distance within the PA.
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