Change of cardiac function, but not form, in postprandial pythons
B Jensen, CK Larsen, JM Nielsen, LS Simonsen… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2011 - Elsevier
Pythons are renowned for a rapid and pronounced postprandial growth of the heart that
coincides with a several-fold elevation of cardiac output that lasts for several days. Here we
investigate whether ventricular morphology is affected by digestive state in two species of
pythons (Python regius and Python molurus) and we determine the cardiac right-to-left shunt
during the postprandial period in P. regius. Both species experienced several-fold increases
in metabolism and mass of the digestive organs by 24 and 48 h after ingestion of meals …
coincides with a several-fold elevation of cardiac output that lasts for several days. Here we
investigate whether ventricular morphology is affected by digestive state in two species of
pythons (Python regius and Python molurus) and we determine the cardiac right-to-left shunt
during the postprandial period in P. regius. Both species experienced several-fold increases
in metabolism and mass of the digestive organs by 24 and 48 h after ingestion of meals …
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