Effects of preload and afterload on the performance of the in situ perfused portal heart of the New Zealand hagfish Eptatretus cirrhatus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 401-405

  Johnsson, Marianne ^a   Axelsson, Michael ^a   Davison, William ^b   Forster, Malcolm E ^b   Nilsson, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Eptatretus cirrhatus; Heart rate; New Zealand hagfish; Perfusion; Portal heart; Power output; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011161147     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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