Cardiac changes subseqent to experimental aortic lesions
Cardiac changes subseqent to experimental aortic lesions
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DOI:
10.1001/archinte.1927.00130040074007
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发表时间:
1927-04-01
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Hodges, FJ
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作者:
Eyster, JAE;Meek, WJ;Hodges, FJ
Experimental aortic stenosis was produced by means of aortic bands in 19 dogs; and aortic regurgitation in 14 dogs by bisection of one of the cusps of the aortic valve. These procedures were carried out aseptically and the animals observed for periods up to 7 mo. Teleroentgenograms for heart size (area and transverse diameter) were made before and at various times subsequent to the production of the lesion. The animals were finally killed and in most cases body weight, heart weight, and ventricular weight ratios determined. The results indicated a period of initial heart dilatation immediately following the production of the lesion and persisting for a few days, subsequent to which the hearts returned to normal or even subnormal size. A 2nd period of enlargement, indicating hypertrophy, gradually developed and reached its maximum in 70-100 days. The presence of hypertrophy was confirmed histologically and by final weight determinations. Frequent electrocardiograms made throughout the observations failed to reveal any significant change in the electrical axis or in the various waves. This was also true when acute and massive ventricular dilatation was produced experimentally. The view that aortic regurgitation is associated with actual reflux of blood into the ventricle was confirmed, and it was further shown that a heart in which the aortic valve had been injured fails to maintain its output under conditions of arterial overload as well as a heart in which the valve is intact.