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J Appl Physiol 40: 849-853, 1976;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 40, Issue 5 849-853, Copyright © 1976 by American Physiological Society

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Direct Fick application for measurement of cardiac output in rat

G. M. Walsh, M. Tsuchiya and E. D. Frohlich

The direct Fick procedure for cardiac output determination in rat was validated by simultaneous comparison with electromagnetic flowmeter techniques. Significant coefficients of correlation were obtained between absolute cardiac output values (r = 0.789, P less than 0.001), increases (r = 0.768, P less than 0.001) and decreases (r = 0.672, P less than 0.01) in cardiac output detected by the two methods. As demonstrated in other species, cardiac output values of the Fick procedure in the rat were between 40 and 58% greater than respective electromagnetic flow probe values; however, percent changes in cardiac output obtained by the two methods were similar. The larger values of cardiac output obtained by the direct Fick method may be related, to a great extent, to the distribution of blood flow to the coronary and bronchial circulations. Fick cardiac output measurements were reproducible within rats, and the degree of variation in values among rats was similar to that obtained with the flowmeter procedure. The result indicate that the Fick meth od provides a valid estimation of cardiac output in the rat, with the ability to detect moderate changes (22-36%) in cardiac output.


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