title: Decrease in myocardial oxygen extraction with aortic constriction in the dog.
abstract: In the open-chest dog constriction of the descending thoracic aorta, which raises central aortic pressure by 30-80 mmHg, increases cardiac oxygen usage (MVO2) and coronary blood flow (CBF) but reduces heart rate and myocardial oxygen extraction [(A-V)O2]. Pacing tachycardia superimposed on aortic constriction further increases MVO2 and CBF but does not alter (A-V)O2. Atropine or vagotomy abolishes the effect of aortic constriction on (A-V)O2, whereas vagal stimulation in the presence of alpha- and beta-adrenergic blockade reduces (A-V)O2. L-propranolol and phenoxybenzamine fail to modify the effect of aortic constriction on (A-V)O2. These results indicate that aortic constriction reduces (A-V)O2 by eliciting parasympathetically-mediated coronary vasodilation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D003250:Constriction; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D006973:Hypertension / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D014664:Vasodilation; D014666:Vasomotor System / Q000502:physiology