To determine whether changes mixed-venous PCO2 or PO2 affect cardiac output independent of changes in arterial blood gases, we used extracorporeal gas exchange to increase mixed-venous PCO2 or decrease mixed-venous PO2 in adult sheep. Sheep were anesthetized, mechanically ventilated, and connected to a veno-venous extracorporeal circuit. The circuit included a gas exchanger which was used to increase mixed-venous PCO2 or decrease mixed-venous PO2; the native lungs were ventilated to maintain arterial PCO2 and PO2 at control levels. When mixed-venous PCO2 was increased by 32% above control levels for a period of 60 min, cardiac output increased significantly to 28% above control levels. Cervical vagotomy abolished this response. In contrast, decreasing mixed-venous PO2 by 29% did not increase cardiac output. These results demonstrate that increasing mixed-venous PCO2 can increase cardiac output independent of changes in arterial blood gases and that intact vagus nerves are necessary for this response to occur.
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