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. 1986 Dec;67(6):865–877.

Morphometry of the distribution of hydrostatic pulmonary oedema in dogs.

R P Michel, S Meterissian, R S Poulsen
PMCID: PMC2013123  PMID: 3801300

Abstract

Light microscopic morphometry was utilized to examine the distribution of fluid in the interstitium around arteries, veins and within bronchovascular bundles in hydrostatic oedema, comparing it with previous control and permeability oedema experiments. Pulmonary artery wedge pressure was raised with fluid overload and an aortic balloon in five anaesthetized dogs to produce oedema (wet weight to dry weight ratios of 11.66 +/- 0.84). Lung lobes were fixed by freeze-substitution at 20 mmHg airway pressure. Photomicrographs of arteries, veins and bronchovascular bundles were taken, and areas were digitized to obtain the following: for arteries and veins, an oedema ratio=perivascular oedema cuff area/vessel area; for bronchovascular bundles, T=total bundle area, A1=interstitial area around airways, B=airway (respiratory bronchiole, bronchiole, or bronchus) area, A2=periarterial interstitium, V=artery area. From these, oedema ratios were calculated as A1/B and A2/V. We found that the oedema ratios were greater (P less than 0.01) for arteries (1.18, n=675) than veins (0.56, n=263), and were greater for the larger vessels; A1 rose significantly (P less than 0.01) only in bronchovascular bundles with bronchioles and bronchi, not in those with respiratory bronchioles; A2 increased from three- to 25-fold (P less than 0.01) in all bundles; A1/B only increased in bundles with bronchi while A2/V increased two- to six-fold in all bundles with oedema compared with controls. We conclude that these preferential patterns of distribution resemble those reported in permeability oedema, and may shed light on mechanisms of accumulation, and on the physiological effects of oedema on airways and vessels of the lung.

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