Intracellular Ca dynamics in ventricular fibrillation
Intracellular Ca dynamics in ventricular fibrillation
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.00123.2003
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发表时间:
2004-05-01
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Weiss, JN
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作者:
Omichi, C;Lamp, ST;Weiss, JN
In the heart, membrane voltage (V-m) and intracellular Ca (Ca-i) are bidirectionally coupled, so that ionic membrane currents regulate Ca-i cycling and Ca-i affects ionic currents regulating action potential duration (APD). Although Ca-i reliably and consistently tracks V-m at normal heart rates, it is possible that at very rapid rates, sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca-i cycling may exhibit intrinsic dynamics. Non-voltage-gated Ca-i release might cause local alternations in APD and refractoriness that influence wavebreak during ventricular fibrillation (VF). In this study, we tested this hypothesis by examining the extent to which Ca-i is associated with V-m during VF. Ca-i transients were mapped optically in isolated arterially perfused swine right ventricles using the fluorescent dye rhod 2 AM while intracellular membrane potential was simultaneously recorded either locally with a microelectrode (5 preparations) or globally with the voltage-sensitive dye RH-237 (5 preparations). Mutual information (MI) is a quantitative statistical measure of the extent to which knowledge of one variable (V-m) predicts the value of a second variable (Ca-i). MI was high during pacing and ventricular tachycardia (VT; 1.13+/-0.21 and 1.69+/-0.18, respectively) but fell dramatically during VF (0.28+/-0.06, P