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Left coronary pressure-flow relations of the beating and arrested rabbit heart at different ventricular volumes.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9876320     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of cardiac contraction on left coronary artery pressure-flow relations at different vascular volumes and to compare these relations in the beating heart with those in the heart arrested in systole and diastole. METHODS: Maximally vasodilated, Tyrode perfused, rabbit hearts (n = 6) with an intra-ventricular balloon were used. The left coronary artery was separately perfused via a cannula in the left main coronary artery. The slopes and the intercepts of left coronary pressure-flow relations were determined in the beating and arrested heart at different chamber volumes. A 3-factor design with repeated measures was used to compare the effect of three factors: phase of contraction (systole and diastole), chamber volume (V0 and V1, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure 1.4 and 20 mm Hg, respectively) and the type of contraction (beating and arrested; a measure of capacitive effects). RESULTS: The phase of contraction has a significant effect on the intercepts (> 40 mmHg, p = 0.00032) but not on the slopes of the pressure-flow relations. Chamber volume had a small effect on the intercepts (< 5 mm Hg, p = 0.037), but not on the slopes of the pressure-flow relations. The type of contraction has a significant effect on the slopes (approximately 10%, p = 0.00021) but not on the intercepts of the pressure-flow relations. CONCLUSIONS: In the isolated Tyrode perfused rabbit heart left coronary pressure-flow relations are mainly determined by contraction, while left ventricular chamber volume and capacitive effects contribute little.
Authors:
P Sipkema; J J Takkenberg; P E Zeeuwe; N Westerhof
Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cardiovascular research     Volume:  40     ISSN:  0008-6363     ISO Abbreviation:  Cardiovasc. Res.     Publication Date:  1998 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-02-02     Completed Date:  1999-02-02     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0077427     Medline TA:  Cardiovasc Res     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  88-95     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Physiology, Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), Amsterdam, The Netherlands. p.sipkema.physiol@med.vu.nl
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Diastole
Heart Arrest / physiopathology*
Male
Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
Perfusion
Rabbits
Stroke Volume / physiology*
Systole
Ventricular Pressure / physiology*

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