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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Pt 2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-1
pubmed:abstractText
In a previous study (Wang, W., J. S. Chen, and I. H. Zucker. Circ. Res. 68: 1294-1301, 1991), we showed a depression in baroreflex gain in dogs with pacing-induced heart failure. This depression was not accompanied by a decrease in the central gain (carotid sinus nerve stimulation vs. renal nerve activity). These previous experiments were carried out on animals that were vagotomized and aortic denervated. In the present study these experiments were repeated, and the data were analyzed both in the intact and vagotomized state. Dogs were cardiac paced at 250 beats/min until heart failure was noted. Sham dogs were used as controls. The carotid sinuses were isolated, and the aortic nerves were sectioned. Activity from a renal sympathetic nerve (RSNA) was recorded with arterial pressure and carotid sinus pressure (CSP) during bilateral step increases in CSP from 25 to 300 mmHg. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) and RSNA responses to carotid sinus pressurization and to carotid sinus nerve stimulation were tested before and after bilateral vagotomy, and curves describing these relationships were constructed. Before vagotomy, the peak response relating stimulation frequency to MAP was significantly depressed in dogs with heart failure (-18.3 +/- 4.7 vs. -37.0 +/- 2.2%, P < 0.001). In addition, the CSP-MAP curves were depressed in dogs with heart failure. Frequency-RSNA curves were not altered in heart failure. There were no significant changes in the baroreflex gain responses to pressurization or electrical stimulation after vagotomy in either sham or heart failure groups.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
265
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
H1310-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of vagotomy on the baroreflex sensitivity in anesthetized dogs with experimental heart failure.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha 68198-4575.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't