. 2010 Jul 5;588(Pt 17):3333–3339. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.191981

Table 1.

Thermal and haemodynamic variables prior to the application of lower-body negative pressure during normothermia, whole-body heating and whole-body heating with volume loading

	Normothermia	Whole-body heating	Whole-body heating with volume loading
Blood temperature (°C)	36.6 ± 0.3	37.7 ± 0.4^*	37.9 ± 0.4^*^†
Mean body temperature (°C)	36.5 ± 0.2	37.7 ± 0.4^*	37.9 ± 0.4^*^†
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)	91 ± 7.6	79 ± 7.8^*	80 ± 6.6^*
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (mmHg)	9.8 ± 1.5	6.7 ± 2.3^*	12.3 ± 3.3^*^†
Central venous pressure (mmHg)	6.0 ± 2.2	3.1 ± 2.3^*	5.0 ± 2.7†
Cardiac output (l min⁻¹)	6.4 ± 0.9	10.9 ± 2.2^*	13.8 ± 2.4^*^†
Stroke volume (ml)	110 ± 19	122 ± 30	143 ± 29^*^†
Heart rate (beats min⁻¹)	60 ± 11	91 ± 14^*	98 ± 11^*
Systemic vascular conductance (ml min⁻¹ mmHg⁻¹)	76 ± 11	144 ± 31^*	184 ± 33^*^†
Stroke work (mmHg ml)	10003 ± 2125	9672 ± 2438	11410 ± 2641^*^†
Cardiac minute work (mmHg l min⁻¹)	587 ± 104	871 ± 199^*	1103 ± 230^*^†

Difference from normothermia (P < 0.05),

^†

difference between whole-body heating and whole-body heating with volume loading (P < 0.05). Values are mean ±s.d.