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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-15
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between the incidence, frequency and complexity of spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias and the extent of haemodynamic compromise and sympathoadrenergic hyperactivity was evaluated in a canine model of chronic heart failure produced by multiple sequential intracoronary microembolizations. Ambulatory ECG Holter monitoring recorded during chronic heart failure in 18 dogs revealed spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias ranging from single ventricular premature beats (VPBs) to non-sustained episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Single VPBs were present in 94% of dogs, couplets in 67%, triplets in 28% and spontaneous episodes of non-sustained VT in 33%. Dogs with > 28 VPBs.h-1 (n = 9) had a markedly higher plasma norepinephrine (PNE) concentration (1001 +/- 185 vs 561 +/- 31 pg.ml-1) (P < 0.03), and a higher pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) (18 +/- 2 vs 12 +/- 1 mmHg) (P < 0.03) than dogs with < or = 28 VPBs.h-1 (n = 9). Dogs that developed spontaneous episodes of VT also had significantly higher PNE levels (1119 +/- 247 pg.ml-1) compared to dogs that did not develop VT (612 +/- 64 pg.ml-1) (P < 0.02). Programmed ventricular stimulation performed in seven of 18 dogs resulted in the development of sustained monomorphic VT in three and ventricular fibrillation in three dogs each (43%, 43%). Dogs with inducible sustained monomorphic VT had a significantly higher number of ambient arrhythmias and higher PAWP compared to dogs that did not develop sustained VT. The observed complexity, frequency and incidence of spontaneous and inducible ventricular arrhythmias in this canine model are similar to those described in patients with chronic heart failure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0195-668X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1562-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Spontaneous and inducible ventricular arrhythmias in a canine model of chronic heart failure: relation to haemodynamics and sympathoadrenergic activation.
pubmed:affiliation
Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan 48202.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article