THE EFFECT OF MANUAL LUNG INFLATION VS. SPONTANEOUS INSPIRATION ON THE CARDIAC SILHOUETTE IN ANESTHETIZED DOGS
- 26 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Veterinary Radiology & Ultrasound
- Vol. 50 (2), 172-177
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01511.x
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess radiographic heart size in anesthetized dogs, comparing radiographs made with the patient breathing spontaneously to radiographs obtained using positive pressure manual lung inflation. The hypothesis was that manual inflation would cause reduction in the cardiac size. With dogs in right recumbency a radiograph was made at peak spontaneous inspiration followed immediately a radiograph made with application of positive pressure manual inflation of the thorax. Cardiac size was assessed, both subjectively and objectively using the vertebral heart scale (VHS). Two hundred and six dogs were studied. Manual inflation resulted in a significantly greater degree of lung inflation assessed radiographically (PP<0.0001). A statistically significant reduction in subjective heart size and in VHS occurred with manual inflation of the lungs, and these differences may be clinically significant. Thus, if serial radiographs are obtained to assess cardiac size, the radiographic technique used should be the same.Keywords
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