[To what extent is cardiac work capacity preserved after long periods of clinical death under hypothermia?].
After the heart arrest during 1-4 hrs in immersion hypothermia (water temperature 9 degrees C), heart beats were restored. The mechanical power of the heart, however; was reduced to 64-73% of the initial level in 1-3 hrs and to 39% in 4 hrs after the cardiac arrest.
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D000818:Animals; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D003643:Death; D004947:Esophagus / Q000502:physiology; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000379:methods; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods; D051381:Rats; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors