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Gadolinium attenuates the upward shift of the left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relation during pacing-induced ischemia in dogs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7532555     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The mechanism of the reversible upward shift of the left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relation during demand ischemia is controversial. To assess the possibility that cation influx through stretch-activation channels may contribute to the upward shift, we asked whether gadolinium, a blocker of the stretch-activated channels, attenuates the upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation during pacing-induced ischemia in 5 dogs. METHODS AND RESULTS: To produce pacing-induced ischemia, we constricted the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries to reduce their flows by approximately 30% and paced the left atrium at 150 to 180 beats per minute for 3 minutes. We measured left ventricular pressure, volume, and two segment lengths with micromanometers, a conductance catheter, and ultrasonic crystals, respectively. We recorded these variables during baseline, coronary stenosis, and pacing-induced ischemia (immediately after rapid pacing). After injecting 20 mg/kg (76 mumol/kg) gadolinium, we repeated the measurements during coronary stenosis (gadolinium experiment) and pacing-induced ischemia (pacing-induced ischemia plus gadolinium experiment). For each measurement, we recorded the variables in steady state to obtain diastolic pressure-volume and pressure-segment length loops and then during a brief (within 25 seconds) inferior vena caval occlusion to obtain the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-volume relation. We found that left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume and pressure-segment length loops in steady-state beats shifted upward from coronary stenosis to pacing-induced ischemia. After injection of gadolinium, the upward shift from gadolinium to pacing-induced ischemia plus gadolinium was smaller than the shift from coronary stenosis to pacing-induced ischemia. Similarly, the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-volume relation obtained during vena caval occlusion shifted upward (by 2.2 +/- 0.6 [SE] mm Hg) from coronary stenosis to pacing-induced ischemia. After injection of gadolinium, the upward shift from gadolinium to pacing-induced ischemia plus gadolinium was smaller (by -2.1 +/- 0.4 mm Hg). CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that gadolinium, a blocker of stretch-activated channels, attenuates the upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation during pacing-induced ischemia, suggesting that the cation influx through stretch-activated channels may contribute to this upward shift.
Authors:
H Takano; S A Glantz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  91     ISSN:  0009-7322     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  1995 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-03-24     Completed Date:  1995-03-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1575-87     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0124.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial*
Coronary Disease / physiopathology
Diastole / drug effects,  physiology
Dogs
Gadolinium / pharmacology*
Ion Channels / drug effects,  physiology
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology,  physiopathology*
Stroke Volume / drug effects,  physiology
Ventricular Function, Left / drug effects*,  physiology
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL-25869/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Ion Channels; 7440-54-2/Gadolinium

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