Abstract
The effect of a similar degree of "respiratory" and "metabolic" acidosis was studied in seven isolated in vitro human pectinate muscles and eight ventricular muscle bundles. Either "respiratory" or "metabolic" acidosis (from 7.36 ± 0.03 to 7.01 ± 0.02 and 6.98 ± 0.03, respectively) depressed in vitro contractility in human atrial or ventricular muscle to a similar extent. Previous contradictory responses of myocardial tissue to alterations in pH appear to be the result of species differences.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 427-432 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Surgery |
Volume | 77 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - Mar 1975 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery