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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
Partial coronary sinus obstruction (CSO) in the dog prevents or delays the predictable ventricular fibrillation (VF) of the early phase of acute ischemia, by normalizing regional electrophysiological disparities which presumably reflect inhomogeneous extracellular potassium ([K+]o) accumulation. To clarify whether CSO indeed affects [K+]o inhomogeneity, we determined in 12 chloralose anesthetized dogs the dynamic [K+]o changes occurring early during reversible coronary artery occlusion (CAO) involving the mid-left anterior descending branch. These changes were compared to those observed during CAO preceded by CSO sufficient to increase the coronary sinus pressure to 40 mmHg. [K+]o was determined using valinomycin coated electrodes implanted within the ischemic (IZ) and the normal (NZ) zones, as well as immediately inside (BZi) and outside (BZo) the visible border. [K+]o increased rapidly within the IZ and the BZi reaching plateau 5 min after CAO, at about three-fold control (11.89 +/- 1.12 mEq/l). Unexpectedly, [K+]o also increased initially outside the border (BZo) but declined after 3 min to a lower level (7.00 +/- 0.40 mEq/l), thus creating a steep gradient of up to 5.54 +/- 0.20 mEq/l, P < 0.001) across the visible border. In four trials, the gradient coincided with VF. With CSO preceding CAO, the development of this border zone gradient was entirely prevented. Moreover, [K+]o reached a significantly lower and similar level in the IZ, BZi and BZo (9.5 +/- 0.89 mEq/l, P < 0.001) and no VF was observed. Thus the beneficial electrophysiologic and antiarrhythmic effects of CSO in acute ischemia may be explained by [K+]o equalization.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0022-2828
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1349-56
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevention of extracellular K+ inhomogeneity across the ischemic border by coronary venous obstruction in the dog: salutary antiarrhythmic effects of enhanced myocardial hydration.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cardiology Section, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article