Population
24 chronically instrumented conscious dogs and 5 additional dog hearts for electron microscopy
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
24 hours
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Supports hypothesis of linked postischemic diastolic-systolic recovery in animals; requires human validation before clinical relevance.
The strong correlation between diastolic creep and systolic dysfunction during reperfusion suggests that postischemic diastolic properties may not be entirely passive and may share a common cellular basis with systolic dysfunction.
Glower et al. (1987) studied this question.
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