O2 extraction of right and left ventricles.
O2 extraction was measured simultaneously in right and left ventricles of dogs. Extraction was about 2.5 vol% higher in left ventricle. This figure, together with flow measurements of others (1-3), indicates that VO2/100g is at least twice as great in left ventricle as in right.
D000818:Animals; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D004285:Dogs; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010101:Oxygen Consumption
D010100:Oxygen