Table 1.

Baseline cardiac parameters of the isolated goldfish (Carassius auratus) heart, perfused under either normoxia or hypoxia.

Cardiac Parameters	CO (mL min−1 kg−1)	SV (mL kg−1)	HR (Beats min−1)	SW (mJ g−1)	Preload (kPa)	Afterload (kPa)
Normoxia	13.531 ± 0.379	0.186 ± 0.016	76.333 ± 5.459	0.235 ± 0.020	0.073 ± 0.002	1.413 ± 0.018
Hypoxia	13.777 ± 0.479	0.194 ± 0.017	76.769 ± 6.299	0.288 ± 0.032	0.064 ± 0.006	1.434 ± 0.031

Values are means ± s.e.m. of 9 (normoxia) and 13 (hypoxia) experiments. CO: Cardiac Output; SV: Stroke Volume; HR: Heart rate; SW: Stroke Work.