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Indexes of myocardial contractility in isolated rat hearts may present opposite results in the same heart and are influenced by ventricular geometry, requiring multiple indexes for proper evaluation.
Indexes of myocardial contractility in isolated rat hearts can yield conflicting results depending on ventricular geometry, indicating that multiple indexes should be evaluated simultaneously.
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Multiple indexes needed to assess contractility in isolated hearts; leaves open whether single-index use has confounded prior experimental findings.
Several indexes of myocardial contractility have been proposed to assess ventricular function in the isovolumetrically beating isolated heart. However, the conclusions reached on the basis of these indexes may be influenced by ventricular geometry rather than contractility itself. The objective of the present study was to assess the performance of widely used contractility indexes in the isovolumetrically beating isolated heart in two experimental models of hypertrophy, the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) and infrarenal aortocava fistula. Compared to normotensive controls (N = 8), SHRs with concentric hypertrophy (N = 10) presented increased maximum rate of ventricular pressure rise (3875 +/- 526 vs 2555 +/- 359 mmHg/s, P < 0.05) and peak of isovolumetric pressure (187 +/- 11 vs 152 +/- 11 mmHg, P < 0.05), and decreased developed stress (123 +/- 20 vs 152 +/- 26 g/cm(2), P < 0.05) and slope of stress-strain relationship (4.9 +/- 0.42 vs 6.6 +/- 0.77 g/cm(2)/%). Compared with controls (N = 11), rats with volume overload-induced eccentric hypertrophy (N = 16) presented increased developed stress (157 +/- 38 vs 124 +/- 22 g/cm(2), P < 0.05) and slope of stress-strain relationship (9 +/- 2 vs 7 +/- 1 g/cm(2)/%, P < 0.05), and decreased maximum rate of ventricular pressure rise(2746 +/- 382 vs 3319 +/- 352 mmHg, P < 0.05) and peak of isovolumetric pressure (115 +/- 14 vs 165 +/- 13 mmHg/s, P < 0.05). The results suggested that indexes of myocardial contractility used in experimental studies may present opposite results in the same heart and may be influenced by ventricular geometry. We concluded that several indexes should be taken into account for proper evaluation of contractile state, in the isovolumetrically beating isolated heart.
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Stefano et al. (2004) studied Myocardial contractility in hypertrophy (n=45). Concentric and eccentric hypertrophy models vs. Normotensive controls was evaluated on Indexes of myocardial contractility (maximum rate of ventricular pressure rise, peak of isovolumetric pressure, developed stress, slope of stress-strain relationship). Indexes of myocardial contractility in isolated rat hearts may present opposite results in the same heart and are influenced by ventricular geometry, requiring multiple indexes for proper evaluation.
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