PERICARDIAL ADAPTATIONS DURING CHRONIC CARDIAC DILATION IN DOGS
PERICARDIAL ADAPTATIONS DURING CHRONIC CARDIAC DILATION IN DOGS
复制标题
DOI:
10.1161/01.res.54.3.294
复制
发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
LEWINTER, MM
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
FREEMAN, GL;LEWINTER, MM
The manner in which the pericardium adapts to chronic cardiac dilation is not known. Recent work indirectly suggested that the size of the pericardium and/or its pressure volume relation was altered by chronic cardiac enlargement. To examine this question further, pericardial pressure-volume and stress-strain relations, surface area, mass and average thickness were compared in 7 normal dogs and 7 with chronic volume overload hypertrophy due to a systemic arteriovenous fistula. Dogs with significant cardiac hypertrophy had an increased pericardial volume at any pressure and a proportionally constant for the slope of the entire curve as determined by nonlinear regression analysis. This was associated with parallel increases in pericardial surface area and mass such that average thickness was unchanged. Stress-strain analysis of the data revealed that the mechanical properties of the pericardium were not significantly different in dogs with chronic cardiac dilation. During chronic cardiac dilation the pericardium evidently enlarges in size and mass. The pericardial chamber is more compliant, although the intrinsic stiffness of the pericardium appears to be unchanged. Further, since pericardial mass is increased, the response to chronic dilation appears to also involve the addition of new pericardial tissue.