Basal metabolism contributes a significant rate-independent offset to myocardial oxygen consumption per minute, contrary to previous assumptions.
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Challenges prior myocardial energetics models; leaves open whether basal metabolism affects human MVO2 calculations.
Harasawa et al. (1992) studied this question.
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