Pericardial fluid absorption into lymphatic vessels in sheep
B Boulanger, Z Yuan, M Flessner, J Hay… - Microvascular …, 1999 - Elsevier
We estimated the volumetric lymphatic clearance rate of pericardial fluid in sheep. In the first
group of studies, 125I-human serum albumin (HSA) was injected into the pericardial cavity
and after 4 h, various lymph nodes and tissues were excised and counted for radioactivity.
Several lymphatic drainage pathways existed defined by elevated125I-HSA in the middle
and caudal mediastinal, intercostal, and the cardiac nodes located near the root of the aorta.
In a second group of experiments, the plasma recovery of intrapericardially administered …
group of studies, 125I-human serum albumin (HSA) was injected into the pericardial cavity
and after 4 h, various lymph nodes and tissues were excised and counted for radioactivity.
Several lymphatic drainage pathways existed defined by elevated125I-HSA in the middle
and caudal mediastinal, intercostal, and the cardiac nodes located near the root of the aorta.
In a second group of experiments, the plasma recovery of intrapericardially administered …