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  • Title: Elevated mid-myocardial oxygen tension in the fibrillating heart during cardiopulmonary bypass.
    Author: Jalonen J, Havia T, Halkola L, Niinikoski J.
    Journal: Scand J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 1979; 13(3):227-32. PubMed ID: 542825.
    Abstract:
    Mid-myocardial tissue oxygen tension was measured in the left ventricular wall of the hearts of ten dogs by means of a Silastic tonometer implanted earlier. During cardiopulmonary bypass, myocardial PO2 was significantly higher in a spontaneously fibrillating heart (5.4 +/- 0.9 kPa) than during the initial beating period (3.7 +/- 0.5 kPa) or after defibrillation (4.0 +/- 0.7 kPa). In general, there was a tendency towards increased myocardial blood flow, elevated oxygen uptake and reduced coronary sinus oxygen content during ventricular fibrillation, compared with the situation in the beating heart. Myocardial lactate extraction remained unchanged during the different phases of cardiopulmonary bypass. The increase in mid-myocardial oxygen tension during ventricular fibrillation was probably due to increased total myocardial blood flow and redistribution of regional myocardial circulation. In two additional dogs, ventricular fibrillation resulted in left ventricular distension and a simultaneous fall of myocardial oxygen tension, which indicates the necessity of left ventricular decompression suction in a fibrillating heart during cardiopulmonary bypass.
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