Cardiovascular Functions Under Chloralose-Urethane and 21-Hydroxypregnane-3,20 Dione Sodium Succinate (Viadril)

¹ From the Departments of Physiology and Medical Physics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fifty-five determinations of cardiovascular functions were made on eight dogs under chloralose-urethane anesthesia and forty-one on six dogs under 21-hydroxypregnane-3,20 dione sodium succinate (Viadril). No preanesthetic medication was used. Cardiac output was determined by the dye dilution technique, using the cuvette oximeter. Blood pressure was determined by strain gauge. The mean values found under chloralose-urethane were: cardiac index 4.08, mean blood pressure 146 mm Hg, peripheral resistance 5709 dynes/sec/cm^–5, heart rate 149 beats/min. and stroke index 27 cc. The mean values found under 21-hydroxypregnane-3, 20 dione sodium succinate were: cardiac index 5.15, mean blood pressure 104 mm Hg, peripheral resistance 3997 dynes/sec/cm^–5, heart rate 172 beats/min. and stroke index 29 cc. When successive determinations were made within a short period of time, the cardiac index and stroke index increased, peripheral resistance decreased and blood pressure and heart rate remained fairly steady.