Cardiac output and stroke volume in swimming harbor seals |
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Authors: | Paul J Ponganis Gerald L Kooyman Mark H Zornow Michael A Castellini Donald A Croll |
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Institution: | (1) Physiological Research Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA;(2) Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Cardiac output was measured by the thermodilution method in three young harbor seals, at rest and while swimming up to the maximum effort for which they could be trained. Stroke volume was determined by counting heart rate simultaneously with determination of cardiac output. Cardiac outputs varied widely between surface breathing (7.8 ml · kg–1 · s–1) and breath-holding while swimming under water (1.8 ml · kg–1 · s–1). Stroke volume while at the surface was almost twice the volume white submerged. Surface cardiac output was always near maximal despite work effort, whereas submerged cardiac output gradually increased at higher work efforts. The cardiovascular performance of seals at the maximum MO2 we could induce from them is equivalent to that of the domestic goat.Abbreviations
CO
Cardiac output
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HR
Heart rate
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SV
Stroke volume
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MO
2
Metabolic rate
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FS
Forced sumersion
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V
Velocity
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C
DF
Frontal drag coefficient
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CV
Cardiovascular
Present address: Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA |
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Keywords: | Phoca vitulina Thermodilution Percutaneous Pulmonary artery Breath-hold |
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