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(Circulation. 1966;33:I-93.)
© 1966 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Simultaneous Red Cell and Plasma Protein Indicator-Dilution Curves Across the Peripheral Circulation During Open-Heart Surgery

STANLEY GIANNELLI JR. M.D.¹; STEPHEN M. AYRES M.D.¹; WILLIAM I. WOLFF M.D.¹; META BUEHLER R.N., B.S.¹; E. FOSTER CONKLIN M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Surgery and Medicine of Saint Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York and New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York.

Data have been presented showing the applicability of indicator-dilution technique to the entire human peripheral circulation during open-heart surgery. Initial results from simultaneous tagged red cell and plasma protein indicator-dilution curves demonstrate a consistently greater volume of distribution for plasma proteins than for red cells.