Concurrent intracoronary acetylcholine reduced the dobutamine-stimulated increase in left ventricular +dP/dt by 66±10% in normal subjects and 79±9% in transplant recipients.
Do intracoronary acetylcholine and atropine modulate basal and dobutamine-stimulated left ventricular contractility in normal subjects and cardiac transplant recipients?
Stimulation and inhibition of cholinergic receptors in the human heart can modulate the positive inotropic response to beta-adrenergic stimulation.
BACKGROUND: The role of cholinergic pathways in modulating left ventricular contractile function in humans is not known. This study evaluated the effect of a cholinergic agonist (acetylcholine) and antagonist (atropine) on basal and beta-adrenergically stimulated left ventricular contractile function in normal subjects and subjects with denervated hearts after cardiac transplantation. METHODS AND RESULTS: Six subjects with normal left ventricular function and seven subjects who were 1 to 3 years after cardiac transplantation were studied. Acetylcholine, atropine, and the beta-adrenergic agonist dobutamine were infused via the left main coronary artery, and changes in left ventricular contractile function were assessed by measurement of peak +dP/dt. Intracoronary dobutamine increased +dP/dt by 70 +/- 15% and 66 +/- 20% in the normal subjects and transplant recipients, respectively. Intracoronary acetylcholine and atropine alone each had no effect on left ventricular +dP/dt in either normal subjects or transplant recipients. The concurrent infusion of acetylcholine with dobutamine reduced the response to dobutamine by 66 +/- 10% and 79 +/- 9% in normal subjects and transplant recipients, respectively. The concurrent infusion of atropine with dobutamine potentiated the response to dobutamine by 25 +/- 7% in normal subjects but had no effect in transplant recipients. CONCLUSIONS: Stimulation and inhibition of cholinergic receptors in the human heart can modulate the positive inotropic response to beta-adrenergic stimulation.
Landzberg et al. (Sat,) conducted a other in Normal left ventricular function and cardiac transplantation (n=13). Intracoronary acetylcholine and atropine vs. Dobutamine alone and basal state was evaluated on Changes in left ventricular contractile function assessed by measurement of peak +dP/dt. Concurrent intracoronary acetylcholine reduced the dobutamine-stimulated increase in left ventricular +dP/dt by 66±10% in normal subjects and 79±9% in transplant recipients.
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