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Direct visualization of blood flow through the interaortic foramen of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus, using echocardiography and color Doppler imaging.
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PMID:  10620767     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The bases of the left and right aortae in snakes are joined by the interaortic foramen. Previous anatomical and physiological studies have raised the possibility of blood flow through this foramen playing an important role in the redistribution of blood throughout the body, particularly during periods of hemostatic stress. Echocardiography was employed to view the heart of unanesthetized specimens of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus. The echocardiographic images, and particularly the color Doppler imaging, revealed that the patency of the interaortic foramen changes during the cardiac cycle, and that blood regularly flowed through the interaortic foramen between the two aortae. J. Exp. Zool. 284:742-745, 1999. Copyright 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Authors:
Young; Saunders
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of experimental zoology     Volume:  284     ISSN:  0022-104X     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Exp. Zool.     Publication Date:  1999 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-01-05     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375365     Medline TA:  J Exp Zool     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  742-745     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042.
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