Accession Number:
AD0619502
Title:
DEPRESSANT EFFECT OF ETHER ON THE HEART: A STUDY WITH THE ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCY FORCE BALLISTOCARDIOGRAPH.
Descriptive Note:
Research rept.,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL SCHOOL OF AVIATION MEDICINE PENSACOLA FLA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1957-11-25
Pagination or Media Count:
18.0
Abstract:
Force ballistocardiograms from an ultra-low frequency system were recorded on four healthy young volunteers during thiopental-ether anesthesia, thiopental narcosis, and other related states. During stage III, plane iii thiopental-ether anesthesia, the contractile force of the heart decreased to approximately one-third the control value. Collateral evidence suggests that ether was the cause of myocardial depression. Author