MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE AND VENTRICULAR-FUNCTION IN RATS
MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE AND VENTRICULAR-FUNCTION IN RATS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.44.4.503
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
BRAUNWALD, E
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作者:
PFEFFER, MA;PFEFFER, JM;BRAUNWALD, E
To define the relationship between infarct size and ventricular performance, hemodynamics in rats 21 days after left coronary artery occlusion were studied. Ventricular performance was assessed under ether anesthesia by measurements of baseline hemodynamics and stressed performance as determined by peak cardiac output and stroke volume obtained during i.v. volume loading and by peak left ventricular developed pressure during occlusion of the ascending aorta. Infarct size was determined by planimetry of the endocardial circumference of each of 4 histological slices of the left ventricle. Rats with small (4-30%) myocardial infarctions had no discernible impairment in baseline hemodynamics or peak indices of pumping and pressure-generating ability when compared to sham-operated, noninfarcted rats. Rats with moderate (31-46%) infarctions had normal baseline hemodynamics but reduced peak flow indices and developed pressure. Rats with infarctions > 46% had congestive heart failure, with elevated filling pressures, reduced cardiac output and a minimal capacity to respond to pre- and afterload stresses. The entire spectrum of post-infarction ventricular function was observed, from no detectable impairment to congestive failure. In this model of histologically healed myocardial infarction, impairment of left ventricular function was directly related to loss of myocardium.