Table 1.

Left ventricular working heart function with KH and PFC

	Heart Rate, beats/min	Coronary Flow Rate, ml/min	Aortic Output, ml/min	Cardiac Output, ml/min	Stroke Volume, ml/beat	Coronary Vascular Resistance, mmHg·min·ml−1	Peak Aortic Pressure, mmHg
KH	170 ± 5	42 ± 2	76 ± 6	118 ± 6	0.70 ± 0.04	1.26 ± 0.10	77.1 ± 2.1
PFC	191 ± 5*	36 ± 3*	142 ± 4*	178 ± 5*	0.94 ± 0.04*	1.78 ± 0.16*	95.0 ± 2.5*
n	18	18	18	18	18	13	13

Values are means ± SE; n, number of animals. KH, Krebs-Henseleit; PFC, perfluorocarbon.

^*Significantly different from KH.