PROPAGATION OF IMPULSES ACROSS PURKINJE FIBER-MUSCLE JUNCTIONS IN DOG HEART
PROPAGATION OF IMPULSES ACROSS PURKINJE FIBER-MUSCLE JUNCTIONS IN DOG HEART
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.26.2.135
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发表时间:
1970-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
URGUIAGA, X
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作者:
MENDEZ, C;MUELLER, WJ;URGUIAGA, X
In canine Purkinje fiber-papillary muscle preparations it was shown directly that electrotonic spread can take place across the junctions between Purkinje fibers and ordinary muscle fibers (P-M junctions). The P-M delay recorded during orthodromic propagation varied considerably within any given preparation. Moderate increases in the external concentration of K+(up to 6 mM) consistently decreased the P-M delay; when the concentration of external K+was increased to 8 mMthe P-M delay increased. With larger concentrations of K+(10 to 11 mM), total conduction block from the terminal Purkinje fibers to the muscle occurred; under the same conditions antidromic propagation from muscle to Purkinje fiber was still possible. The results can be explained satisfactorily by assuming that propagation across the P-M junction is electrical and that the geometry of the functional syncytium changes progressively from a cable-like system at the level of the terminal Purkinje fibers to a two- or three-dimensional irregular syncytium at the bulk of the myocardial mass.