Oxygen uptake in saline-perfused rabbit heart is decreased to a similar extent during reductions in flow and in arterial oxygen concentration

1989 ◽  
Vol 414 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. G. M. van Beek ◽  
P. Bouma ◽  
N. Westerhof

1991 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 144-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Chatham ◽  
Stacey Ackerman ◽  
Stephen J. Blackband




Author(s):  
William J.M. Kinnear ◽  
James H. Hull

This chapter outlines how dividing the volume of oxygen uptake (VO2) by the pulse rate gives an estimate of the stroke volume of the heart. The amount of oxygen taken up with each heartbeat is called the oxygen pulse (O2 pulse). It should increase steadily on exercise to a value above 10 ml/beat and may continue to rise during the recovery phase. A low O2 pulse can be an indicator of low cardiac output. If the maximum VO2 (VO2max) is normal, caution should be used in the interpretation of a low O2 pulse. Sometimes the O2 pulse is abnormal because of a fall in peripheral arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2) or mixed venous oxygen levels.



1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (5) ◽  
pp. H1630-H1635
Author(s):  
H. Yaku ◽  
B. K. Slinker ◽  
E. S. Myhre ◽  
M. W. Watkins ◽  
M. M. Lewinter

We evaluated the mechanical and energetic stability of the isolated rabbit heart perfused with a suspension of bovine red cells in Krebs-Henseleit buffer in terms of the pressure-volume area (PVA) concept. PVA, the area surrounded by the end-systolic and end-diastolic pressure-volume (P-V) relations and the systolic P-V trajectory of the P-V diagram, represents the total mechanical energy generated by each cardiac contraction. Myocardial O2 consumption (VO2) per beat has been reported to be highly linearly correlated with PVA. We used the slope and VO2-axis intercept of the VO2-PVA relation as energetic parameters and the maximum P-V ratio (Emax) as a contractility index of the left ventricle (LV) and compared them every 30 min for 120 min. Emax, the slope, and VO2 intercept of the VO2-PVA relation did not change significantly over 120 min compared with their control values [7.3 +/- 2.9 mmHg.ml-1.100 g LV, (1.67 +/- 0.40) x 10(-5) ml O2.mmHg-1.ml-1, and (3.26 +/- 1.01) x 10(-2) ml O2.beat-1.100 g LV-1, respectively]. However, the goodness of the linear fit of the VO2-PVA relation decreased after 90 min (r = 0.94 control, 0.62 at 90 min, and 0.64 at 120 min). Therefore, we conclude that the isolated bovine red cell-perfused rabbit heart preparation is stable for mechanical and energetic studies for at least 60 min.





2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-757
Author(s):  
HAIJIAN LUO ◽  
JUNQIANG SI ◽  
FENGJIE ZHANG ◽  
ZHENYU YANG ◽  
RUXING WANG


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