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Regional expansion during myocardial ischemia predicts ventricular fibrillation and coronary reocclusion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9612389     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Primary ventricular fibrillation (VF) complicating acute myocardial infarction is associated with occluded infarction-related arteries. The relationship between VF during ischemia and spontaneous coronary reocclusion was analyzed in 48 anesthetized pigs submitted to 48 min of coronary ligation and 6 h of reflow. Reocclusion was associated with ischemic VF (6 of 11 animals with VF but only 6 of 37 without it had reocclusion) but not with reperfusion arrhythmias, the size of the ischemic area, the magnitude of electrocardiogram changes or contractile dysfunction during ischemia, or the severity of intimal injury at the occlusion site. The increase in end-diastolic length in the ischemic region during coronary occlusion was associated with ischemic VF (15 min after occlusion, end-diastolic length was 116 +/- 2 and 111 +/- 1% of baseline in animals with or without presenting subsequent VF, respectively) and was retained by multiple logistic regression analysis as the only independent predictor of ischemic VF and reocclusion. Thus ischemic VF is strongly associated with an increased rate of spontaneous coronary reocclusion during subsequent reperfusion. Acute expansion of ischemic myocardium appears as a prominent determinant of both ischemic VF and reocclusion.
Authors:
J A Barrabés; D Garcia-Dorado; M A González; M Ruiz-Meana; J Solares; Y Puigfel; J Soler-Soler
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  274     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1998 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-06-24     Completed Date:  1998-06-24     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  H1767-75     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Coronary Disease / etiology,  physiopathology*
Electrocardiography
Female
Male
Myocardial Ischemia / pathology*,  physiopathology
Prognosis
Swine
Ventricular Fibrillation / complications,  physiopathology*

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