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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
The potential adverse effect of 1) electrical nonuniformity induced by right ventricular pacing and 2) mechanical nonuniformity observed in a model of stunned myocardium induced by 1 hour of severe coronary artery stenosis on left ventricular contraction and relaxation was studied in conscious dogs instrumented for long-term measurements of global and regional left ventricular function. Altering the sequence of electrical activation resulted in a significant change in contraction and relaxation predominantly through asynchrony rather than through changes in inotropy or loading conditions. In the presence of abnormal depolarization, sympathetic stimulation induced by treadmill exercise does not restore synchrony but, on the contrary, results in a significant prolongation of relaxation constant T1. During the early phase of reperfusion after 1 hour of severe coronary artery stenosis, left ventricular relaxation constant T1 is prolonged, whereas at the same time, temporal and regional asynchrony between the normal zone and the stunned zone are significantly augmented. The similarity between the time course of recovery of both global left ventricular relaxation and asynchrony suggests that asynchronous contraction, rather than regional relaxation abnormalities of the stunned myocardium, is the major cause for prolonged relaxation constant T1 during recovery from myocardial ischemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0009-7322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
III41-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of asynchrony on left ventricular relaxation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, State University Gent, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article