Time dependent modifications in arterial flow in a transplanted pulmonary lobe.

ABSTRACT

Study of pulmonary arterial flow in the transplanted lung by means of an implanted ultrasonic flowmeter enables us 1. To confirm results obtained by other methods (De Bono,8 Strider14 and Strandberg18) without specific treatment, rejection of graft causes increased peripheral resistances and the pulmonary arterial flow decreases progressively. 2. To prove by direct observation the existence in the treated animal of authentic precapillary shunts whose importance can cause the animal's death through functional disorder alone.