Oxygen transport during anemic hypoxia in pigs: effects of digoxin on metabolism
Saltiel A, Sanfilippo DJ, Hendler R, Lister G. Oxygen transport during anemic hypoxia in pigs: effects of digoxin on metabolism. American Journal Of Physiology 1992, 263: h208-h217. PMID: 1636760, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1992.263.1.h208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTissue hypoxiaO2 extractionBlood flowHigh-output cardiac failureWhole-body O2 consumptionO2 deficitFemoral venous lactateNormal ventricular functionEffect of digoxinHindlimb blood flowRelease of catecholaminesWhole bodyO2 consumptionDigoxin groupCatecholamine responsesSerum catecholaminesVenous lactateCardiac failureVentricular functionArterial lactateSevere anemiaCardiac outputCatecholamine secretionAnemic hypoxiaO2 demand