scholarly journals Effects of the new cardiotonic agent loprinone hydrochloride (E-1020) on left ventricular diameter in normal and experimental heat failure dogs and its action potential characteristics in isolated guinea pig cardiac muscles and sinus nodes.

1992 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 421-433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideto OHHARA ◽  
Kohei SAWADA ◽  
Toshiaki OGAWA ◽  
Mikio TAKEDA ◽  
Toshiji IGARASHI
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Action Potential ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Left Ventricular Diameter ◽  
Experimental Heat ◽  
Cardiotonic Agent ◽  
Cardiac Muscles ◽  
Heat Failure

Hypoxia-induced activation of KATP channels limits energy depletion in the guinea pig heart

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (2) ◽  
pp. H734-H742 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. K. Decking ◽  
T. Reffelmann ◽  
J. Schrader ◽  
H. Kammermeier
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Action Potential ◽  
Left Ventricular Function ◽  
Ventricular Function ◽  
Coronary Flow ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Monophasic Action Potential ◽  
Resonance Spectroscopy ◽  
Energy Status ◽  
Guinea Pig Heart

The functional role of ATP-dependent potassium (KATP) in hypoxic cardiac failure was investigated in isolated guinea pig hearts with glibenclamide and rimalkalim as inhibitor and activator, respectively. Monophasic action potential duration at 90% of repolarization (MAP50), left ventricular function, and cardiac energy status (31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) were measured during normotoxic (95% O2) and hypoxic (20% O2) perfusion. In normoxic hearts, 1 microM glibenclamide did not affect MAP50, left ventricular function, and coronary flow (n = 4). In contrast, rimalkalim rapidly shortened MAP50 and left ventricular pressure (LVP) in a dose-dependent fashion (e.g., by 60.2 +/- 3.5 and 80.8 +/- 8.2%, respectively, with 0.6 microM rimalkalim). This latter effect was reversed by 1 microM (glibenclamide (n = 4). With hypoxic perfusion, a reduction in LVP was observed, along with a shortening of the action potential (MAP90; 202 +/- 13 vs. 164 +/- 9 ms) and an increase in coronary flow. Glibenclamide (1 microM) reversed the MAP90 shortening and the increase in coronary flow. In addition, glibenclamide increased LVP transiently (n = 4). When coronary flow of hypoxic hearts was kept constant, however, glibenclamide elicited a sustained positive inotropic effect (n = 7). After glibenclamide, an increase in LVP from 54 +/- 4 to 64 +/- 3 mmHg was observed, along with a reduction in the free energy change of ATP hydrolysis from -54.5 +/- 1.9 to -52.9 +/- 0.2 nJ/mol and a further increase in the coronary venous adenosine from 269 +/- 48 to 1,680 +/- 670 nmol/l.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Quinidine elicits proarrhythmic changes in ventricular repolarization and refractoriness in guinea-pig

2013 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 306-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oleg E. Osadchii
Keyword(s):  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Action Potential ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Ventricular Repolarization ◽  
Monophasic Action Potential ◽  
Delayed Rectifier ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
Delayed Rectifier Current ◽  
Left Ventricular Chamber ◽  
The Right

Quinidine is a class Ia Na+ channel blocker that prolongs cardiac repolarization owing to the inhibition of IKr, the rapid component of the delayed rectifier current. Although quinidine may induce proarrhythmia, the contributing mechanisms remain incompletely understood. This study examined whether quinidine may set proarrhythmic substrate by inducing spatiotemporal abnormalities in repolarization and refractoriness. The monophasic action potential duration (APD), effective refractory periods (ERPs), and volume-conducted electrocardiograms (ECGs) were assessed in perfused guinea-pig hearts. Quinidine was found to produce the reverse rate-dependent prolongation of ventricular repolarization, which contributed to increased steepness of APD restitution. Throughout the epicardium, quinidine elicited a greater APD increase in the left ventricular chamber compared with the right ventricle, thereby enhancing spatial repolarization heterogeneities. Quinidine prolonged APD to a greater extent than ERP, thus extending the vulnerable window for ventricular re-excitation. This change was attributed to increased triangulation of epicardial action potential because of greater APD lengthening at 90% repolarization than at 30% repolarization. Over the transmural plane, quinidine evoked a greater ERP prolongation at endocardium than epicardium and increased dispersion of refractoriness. Premature ectopic beats and monomorphic ventricular tachycardia were observed in 50% of quinidine-treated heart preparations. In summary, abnormal changes in repolarization and refractoriness contribute greatly to proarrhythmic substrate upon quinidine infusion.

scholarly journals Accuracy and reproducibility of CT right-to-left ventricular diameter measurement in patients with acute pulmonary embolism

PLoS ONE ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. e0188862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne M. Ende-Verhaar ◽  
Lucia J. M. Kroft ◽  
Inge C. M. Mos ◽  
Menno V. Huisman ◽  
Frederikus A. Klok
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Acute Pulmonary Embolism ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Diameter Measurement ◽  
Left Ventricular Diameter
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