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Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 242: R97-R104, 1982;
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AJP - Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Vol 242, Issue 1 97-104, Copyright © 1982 by American Physiological Society

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Myocardial blood flow and metabolism in the diving seal

J. K. Kjekshus, A. S. Blix, R. Elsner, R. Hol and E. Amundsen

The adaptations of myocardial metabolism to diving asphyxia have been studied in 12 harbor seals (Phoca vitulina). Unanesthetized animals were submerged for periods of 10-16 min. Heart rate decreased from 135 to 12 beats/min. Myocardial blood flow decreased to an average of 10% of predive values and remained constant during the dive. The progressive reduction in arterial O2 content was associated with an increase in myocardial lactate and hydrogen ion production, but no change in glucose or free fatty acid extraction occurred. After restoration of breathing a reactive myocardial hyperemia and an immediate return to myocardial uptake of lactate were observed. Despite increased glycogenolytic activity throughout the dive, coronary flow distribution was fully controlled, and no evidence of ischemic dilatation of the left ventricle or S-T segment elevation in the electrocardiogram was observed. These adaptations to diving asphyxia in the seal myocardium permit a reduction of coronary blood flow comparable to that observed in the infarcted dog myocardium and therefore have relevance for therapeutic approaches to reduction of myocardial ischemic injury in humans.


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