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Estimation of maximum ventricular elastance under assistance with a rotary blood pump.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20633160     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The maximum ventricular elastance is a reliable index for assessing the cardiac function from changes in its pressure-volume relationship. The advantage of this index is that it can represent the contractility of either unassisted hearts or native hearts assisted with rotary blood pumps. However, there are situations in which changes in the ventricular load required for the conventional estimation method might be risky. For example, in a bridge-to-recovery the cardiac function should also be continuously observed after the implantation of a rotary blood pump. In this article, we present the results of the estimation of the maximum elastance with in vivo data using the parameter optimization method, which is a single-beat estimation method. The estimated values for the normal cardiac function (6.8 +/- 0.6, 4.5 +/- 0.9, 4.2 +/- 1.8 mm Hg/mL) were significantly different from those for the low cardiac function (3.2 +/- 1.5, 1.9 +/- 1.0, 1.9 +/- 1.2 mm Hg/mL) from the data of the three animals that were analyzed. Besides, the maximum elastance values were independent of the pump rotational speed. These results indicate that this index might be useful for the detection of the myocardial recovery.
Authors:
Telma K Sugai; Akira Tanaka; Makoto Yoshizawa; Yasuyuki Shiraishi; Tomoyuki Yambe; Shin-ichi Nitta; Atsushi Baba
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Artificial organs     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1525-1594     ISO Abbreviation:  Artif Organs     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-16     Completed Date:  2010-10-18     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802778     Medline TA:  Artif Organs     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  442-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Yoshizawa Laboratory, 6-6-05 Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan. telma@yoshizawa.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
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Animals
Female
Goats
Heart-Assist Devices*
Models, Cardiovascular
Myocardial Contraction
Ventricular Function*

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