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Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 1972;51(4):922-938. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI106887.
Abstract
It is well established that dogs with chronic partial constriction of the thoracic inferior vena cava develop sodium retention, ascites, and respond poorly to acute saline loading. A group of such chronic caval dogs, and a group of normal controls were studied during hydropenia, and again after acute saline loading by clearance and recollection micropuncture techniques. After volume expansion, the caval dogs excreted 52 μEq/min per kidney of sodium compared with 370 μEq/min per kidney for the normal controls. During hydropenia and after the saline infusions, single nephron filtration rates, fractional reabsorption of sodium within the proximal tubule, and proximal delivery of filtrate to the distal nephron were comparable in both groups of dogs.
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Mortimer Levy
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