| Studies of auricular catecholamines by fluorescence histochemistry in various heart diseases of man. | |
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PMID: 140508 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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A comparative histochemical and clinical study concerning the state of the intrinsic adrenergic innervation of the human atrial myocardium was carried out, using the glyoxylic acid-induced fluorescence histochemical method. Specimens from the right auricular appendage were obtained during open-heart surgery from patients suffering from 1. ischaemic heart disease (IHD), 2. atrial septal defect of the secundum type (ASD), and 3. left-sided univalvular or multivalvular heart disease (VHD) with or without congestive heart failure (CHF) experienced prior to surgery. In the IHD group the densities of both the perivascular and the "free" myocardial adrenergic nerve net were greater than in the ASD group and especially in the VHD/CHF group. Secondly, the intensity of fluorescence of the adrenergic structures was generally higher in the IHD group than that in the VDH/CHF group. Further, the average size of the varicosities, the number of varicosities per given length of axon, and the proportional share of the large varicosities were greater in the IHD group than in the ASD and VHD/CHF groups. The difference between the IHD and ASD groups was not great but was obvious in any case. In some patients with VHD/CHF fluorescing axons were observed only occasionally, and the tiny varicosities exhibited a hardly discernible fluorescence. Thus the amount of noradrenaline (NA) in the adrenergic fibres in the IHD group seems to be higher than in the ASD and especially VHD/CHF groups. The level of NA in the IHD group is assumed to constitute a contributory factor in both intracellular metabolic changes and the systemic changes typical of myocardial ischaemia and infarction. In one patient with IHD and in six patients with VHD/CHF with significantly higher heart volume (mean+/-SD) compared with the rest of the patients (P less than 0.001), huge local axonal accumulations of NA in the form of "droplet fibres" were found. These enlarged, bulging adrenergic axons are assumed to be a consequence of mechanical trauma with stretching or disruption of the axons due to myodegenerative processes. It is further assumed that these "droplet fibres" are relatively common in those patients with diseased myocardium. They may constitute an extra contributory factor to the tendency to arrhythmiility of non-atuomatic tissue. |
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Authors:
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O Penttilä; K Kyösola; S Partanen; E Merikallio; P Siltanen |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Virchows Archiv. A, Pathological anatomy and histology Volume: 373 ISSN: 0340-1227 ISO Abbreviation: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol Publication Date: 1977 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1977-06-22 Completed Date: 1977-06-22 Revised Date: 2008-02-20 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 7505137 Medline TA: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol Country: GERMANY, WEST |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 279-92 Citation Subset: IM |
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Adult Catecholamines / analysis* Coronary Disease / metabolism Female Fluorescence Heart / innervation Heart Atria Heart Diseases / metabolism* Heart Failure / metabolism Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / metabolism Heart Valve Diseases / metabolism Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardium / analysis* Sympathetic Nervous System |
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0/Catecholamines |
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