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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Changes in the duration and size of the vulnerable period of the myocardium in the presence of respiratory changes were studied in acute experiments on rats. The limits of the vulnerable period were determined by directly stimulating the heart during ventilation via the enlarged respiratory dead space, during hyperventilation and during heart failure. In the control group (normal ventilation without enlargement of the dead space), the vulnerable period lasted 5.7 +/- 0.76 ms. During ventilation via the enlarged dead space, hypercapnic hypoxaemia developed and the vulnerable period was markedly prolonged (18.55 +/- 5.29 ms) by a shift of its inner limit to the left. Hyperventilation caused normoxic to hyperoxic hypocapnia and markedly reduced the duration of the vulnerable period (8.17 +/- 2.21 and 9.31 +/- 2.38 ms respectively). The vulnerable period lengthened the most in heart failure (25.46 +/- 3.93), mainly as a result of a shift of its outer limit. In all the experimental groups there was a shift of the vulnerable period to the right, which was fastest in hypercapnic hypoxaemia and slowest in hyperoxic hypocapnia. The administration of Inderal (3 mg/kg i.p.) or Arfonad (50 mg/kg i.p.) markedly shortened the vulnerable period during hypercapnic hypoxaemia (9.87 +/- 2.78 and 9.32 +/- 2.16 ms respectively), but did not block the shift. Lengthening of the vulnerable period during hypercapnic hypoxaemia was probably due to activation of sympathetic nerves via beta-adrenergic receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0369-9463
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
470-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in the vulnerable period of the rat myocardium during hypoxia, hyperventilation and heart failure.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article