“…Since the original description of the direct measurement of Pmcoj (Brantigan et al, 1972a), subsequent studies have confirmed the increase of Pmco? during myocardial ischemia or anoxia (Brantigan et al, 1972b;Furuse et al, 1973;Khuri et al, 1975aKhuri et al, , 1975bMacGregor et al, 1974;O'Riordan et al, 1977aO'Riordan et al, , 1977b. Even with lesser degrees of ischemia, it was observed (O'Riordan et aL, 1977b) that Pmcc>2 provides a much more sensitive index of ischemia than myocardial Pch measurements, since Pmcc^ changes more extensively; the magnitude of PmccHi rise also was related to the degree of S-T segment change (O'Riordan et al, 1977a, Khuri et al, 1975c.…”