Rooke T W, Sparks H V
Experientia. 1981;37(9):982-3. doi: 10.1007/BF01971792.
Experiments were performed on helically cut strips from coronary artery and saphenous vein to determine the relative influence of metabolic versus respiratory acid-base changes. Tensions were measured over a range of various HCO3- concentrations and pCO2's. The results suggest that tension is influenced by extracellular pH and is independent of pCO2.