Heterogeneity of left ventricular wall thickening mechanisms.
Heterogeneity of left ventricular wall thickening mechanisms.
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DOI:
10.1161/circulationaha.107.744623
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发表时间:
2008-08-12
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
Ingels NB Jr
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作者:
Cheng A;Nguyen TC;Malinowski M;Daughters GT;Miller DC;Ingels NB Jr
Myocardial fibers are grouped into lamina (or sheets) 3-4 cells thick. Fiber shortening produces systolic LV wall thickening primarily by laminar extension, thickening and shear, but the regional variability and transmural distribution of these three mechanisms are incompletely understood. Nine sheep had transmural radiopaque markers inserted into the anterior basal and lateral equatorial LV. 4D marker dynamics were studied with biplane videofluoroscopy to measure circumferential, longitudinal, and radial systolic strains in the epicardium, midwall, and endocardium. Fiber and sheet angles from quantitative histology allowed transformation of these strains into transmural contributions of sheet extension, thickening, and shear to systolic wall thickening. At all depths, systolic wall thickening in the anterior basal region was 1.6-1.9 times that in the lateral equatorial region. Interestingly, however, systolic fiber shortening was identical at each transmural depth in these regions. Endocardial anterior basal sheet thickening were >2x greater than in the lateral equatorial region (epicardium: 0.16±0.15 vs. 0.03±0.06; endocardium: 0.45±0.40 vs. 0.17±0.09). Midwall sheet extension was >2x that in the lateral wall (0.22±0.12 vs. 0.09±0.06). Epicardial and midwall sheet shears in the anterior wall were ∼2x higher than in the lateral wall (epicardium: 0.14±0.07 vs. 0.05±0.03; midwall: 0.21±0.12 vs. 0.12±0.06). These data demonstrate fundamentally different regional contributions of laminar mechanisms for amplifying fiber shortening to systolic wall thickening. Systolic fiber shortening was identical at each transmural depth in both the anterior and lateral LV sites. However, systolic wall thickening of the anterior site was much greater than that of the lateral site. Fiber shortening drives systolic wall thickening, but sheet dynamics and orientations are of great importance to systolic wall thickening. LV wall thickening and its clinical implications pivot on different wall thickening mechanisms in various LV regions. Attempts to implant healthy contractile cells into diseased hearts or surgically manipulate LV geometry will need to take into account not only cardiomyocyte contraction, but also transmural LV intercellular architecture and geometry.