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Here, we present a protocol to perform an invasive hemodynamic assessment of the right ventricle and pulmonary artery in mice using an open-chest surgery approach.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic and severe cardiopulmonary disorder. Mice are a popular animal model used to mimic this disease. However, the evaluation of right ventricular pressure (RVP) and pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) remains technically challenging in mice. RVP and PAP are more difficult to measure than left ventricular pressure because of the anatomical differences between the left and right heart systems. In this paper, we describe a stable right heart hemodynamic measurement method and its validation using healthy and PAH mice. This method is based on open-chest surgery and mechanical ventilation support. It is a complicated procedure compared to closed chest procedures. While a well-trained surgeon is required for this surgery, the advantage of this procedure is that it can generate both RVP and PAP parameters at the same time, so it is a preferable procedure for the evaluation of PAH models.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic and severe cardiopulmonary disorder with elevation in pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and right ventricular pressure (RVP) that is caused by cellular proliferation and fibrosis of small pulmonary arteries1. Pulmonary artery catheters, also called Swan-Ganz catheters2, are commonly used in the clinical monitoring of RVP and PAP. Furthermore, a wireless PAP monitoring system has been used clinically3,4,5. To mimic the disease for study in mice, a hypoxic environment is used to sim....
The animal protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College (NO.0000287). The experimental animals were housed and fed according to the guidelines of animal welfare in China.
NOTE: Eight- to 12-week-old male C57BL mice were housed in an environment with a 12 h dark/ 12 h light cycle. The PAH mice were housed for 4 weeks under an oxygen concentration of 10%, maintained by an .......
The pressure transducer catheter was inserted into the right ventricle (Figure 3A) through a tunnel expanded by a 25 G needle, and a typical RVP waveform (Figure 3C) was obtained. The catheter was continually adjusted and slowly advanced and kept in the same axis as the pulmonary artery while passing through the pulmonary valve (Figure 3B). When the pressure sensor was successfully .......
Tracheal intubation is the first important step for open-chest surgeries. The classic method of tracheal intubation for small animals, such as rats or mice, involves making a T-shaped incision on the trachea and directly inserting Y-type tracheal tubing into the trachea. In practice, we find that this method is not easy during operation. The Y-type tracheal tubing is too large for small animals and forms an angle with the trachea. Thus, it is difficult to fix the tubing in place. Additionally, once the intubation tubing .......
This research is supported by the Postgraduate Education and Teaching Reform Project of Peking Union Medical College (10023-2016-002-03), the Fuwai Hospital Youth Fund (2018-F09), and the Director Fund of Beijing Key Laboratory of Pre-clinical Research and Evaluation for Cardiovascular Implant Materials (2018-PT2-ZR05).
....Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
2,2,2-Tribromoethanol | Sigma-Aldrich | T48402-5G | For anesthesia |
Animal temperature controller | Physitemp Instruments, Inc. | TCAT-2LV | For temperature control |
Dissection forceps | Fine Science Tools, Inc. | 11274-20 | For surgery |
Gemini Cautery System | Gemini | GEM 5917 | For surgery |
Intravenous catheter (22G) | BD angiocath | 381123 | For intubation |
LabChart 7.3 | ADInstruments | For data analysis | |
Light illumination system | Olympus | For surgery | |
Mikro-Tip catheter | Millar Instruments, Houston, TX | SPR-1000 | For pressure measurement |
Millar Pressure-Volume Systems | Millar Instruments, Houston, TX | MVPS-300 | For pressure measurement |
O2 Controller and Hypoxia chamber | Biospherix | ProOx 110 | For chronic hypoxia |
PowerLab Data Acquisition System | ADInstruments | PowerLab 16/30 | For data recording |
Scissors | Fine Science Tools, Inc. | 14084-08 | For surgery |
Small animal ventilator | Harvard Apparatus | Mini-Vent 845 | For surgery |
Stereomicroscope | Olympus | SZ61 | For surgery |
Surgery tape | 3M | For surgery | |
Terg-a-zyme enzyme | Sigma-Aldrich | Z273287-1EA | For catheter cleaning |
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