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Am J Physiol 185: 515-520, 1956;
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Potassium and the Hypothermic Heart

G. E. Mavor 1, R. A. Harder 1, R. K. McEvoy 1, A. B. McCoord 1, and E. B. Mahoney 1

1 From the Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, New York

During surface cooling to 26° with respiratory control to prevent hypercapnia, the plasma K level falls. Plasma glucose levels parallel the K variations. There is some evidence of failure of utilization of glucose at low temperatures. A marked negative coronary arteriovenous K difference develops during caval occlusion and circulatory arrest.

Submitted on October 2, 1955




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