EXTERIORIZED CHRONIC AORTOCAVAL ARTERIOVENOUS ACCESS SHUNTS IN THE BABOON (PAPIO-CYNOCEPHALUS)

Authors
BASS A KRUPSKI WC HANSON SR DODSON T LUMSDEN A WHITE D HARKER LA KELLY AB
Citation
A. Bass et al., EXTERIORIZED CHRONIC AORTOCAVAL ARTERIOVENOUS ACCESS SHUNTS IN THE BABOON (PAPIO-CYNOCEPHALUS), Journal of medical primatology, 22(6), 1993, pp. 331-339
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Journal of medical primatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00472565
Volume
22
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
331 - 339
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2565(1993)22:6<331:ECAAAS>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A chronic arteriovenous (AV) blood access shunt has been developed in baboons. It is composed of silicone rubber tubing extensions bonded to vascular graft polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) cuffs, for creating an astomoses with the distal aorta and inferior vena cava. Following surg ical implantation, shunts remain patent for months (X = 9 +/- 2.5 mont hs) and provides long-term ex vivo access to non-anticoagulated blood (Mean Blood Flow = 312 +/- 69 mL/min).