TORSION OF THE LEFT-VENTRICLE DURING THE EJECTION PHASE IN THE INTACT DOG
TORSION OF THE LEFT-VENTRICLE DURING THE EJECTION PHASE IN THE INTACT DOG
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DOI:
10.1093/cvr/18.3.183
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
10.8
通讯作者:
CORDAY, E
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作者:
ARTS, T;MEERBAUM, S;CORDAY, E
Torsion of the left ventricle (LV) is associated with rotation of the apex with respect to the base around the long axis of the LV. A mathematical model of LV mechanics, which relates torsion to transmural distribution of fiber shortening, was evaluated with 2-dimensional echocardiography in 9 anesthetized closed-chest dogs. Torsion was calculated as the difference between the angles of rotation (radians) of echo-derived transverse cross-section projections of the LV obtained at the mitral valve and low papillary level, divided by the axial distance between these projections measured in a long-axis cross-section, and multiplied by the outer radius in a mid-papillary transverse projection of the LV. A shortening to torsion ratio (STR) was defined as the ratio of inner wall shortening to torsion occurring during ejection. In a series of 11 measurements, each based on frame-to-frame analysis of 15 cardiac cycles, STR was found to be 2.31 .+-. 0.23 rad-1 [radian] (mean .+-. SD), whereas the mathematical model predicted a STR value of 2.4 rad-1 over a wide range of preload, afterload and contractility levels. Two-dimensional echocardiography apparently validates the presence of torsion in the normal canine left ventricle, as predicted by the model of left ventricular mechanics.