Open AccessUsefulness and limitations of myocardial oxygen consumption indices
Author(s) -
Baller D.,
Zipfel J.,
Hellige G.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960030314
Subject(s) - medicine , oxygen , consumption (sociology) , cardiology , hemodynamics , disease , social science , chemistry , organic chemistry , sociology
Indirect indices of myocardial oxygen consumption (MV̇O 2 ) are frequently applied to humans, both in health and disease, to estimate the energetic state of the myocardium. Despite widespread use, the validity of the previously reported oxygen consumption parameters has not yet been proven. Therefore, we designed experiments to examine any indices under maximal variations of hemodynamics and oxygen consumption with special reference to clinically applicable indices.