Experimental Studies in the Myocardial Collateral Circulation

Abstract

I want to talk about the measurement of collateral flow that Dr. Fulton has so clearly demonstrated.

It is not possible to assess this after myocardial infarction in man, and as at present collateral vasculature of the dog resembles that of man we have used this animal to study collateral flow rates immediately following infarction, the changes which accompany recovery, and the effects of drugs and sympathetic blockade.