Title: Diffusion capacity and compliance of dog lungs four years after autotransplantation
Abstract: Differential and bilateral compliance (C), pulmonary diffusion capacity for CO (DLCO), and lung volume (VA) were measured 4 yr following left lung autotransplant in six dogs. The mean right lung compliance was 0.053 liter/cm H2O; the autografted lung compliance was 0.027 liter/cm H2O, or 34% of the bilateral compliance. The bilateral diffusion capacity was normal. The autografted lung contributed with 31% of the total diffusion capacity (5.7 ± 1.4 ml/min/mm Hg) and 34% of the total lung volume (0.743 ± 0.143 liter). Late autotransplanted lungs suffered a mild reduction of lung compliance and lung volume and a moderate decrease of the diffusion capacity as compared with control values for the left lungs in normal dogs; however, none of these changes are statistically significant because of the wide variation of function of the left lung in normal dogs.
Publication Year: 1973
Publication Date: 1973-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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