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[Oxygen concentration, perfusion rate and cardiac oxygen consumption]

Iu S Aliukhin

    Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal SSSR Imeni I. M. Sechenova
    |July 1, 1991
    PubMed
    Summary

    Heart oxygen consumption is independent of perfusate oxygen levels. Instead, it is primarily dictated by perfusion velocity, a key physical factor influencing cardiac function.

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