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Do changes in ventricular systolic pressure or inotropic state provide the more potent stimulus to left ventricular receptors in anaesthetized dogs?
Do changes in ventricular systolic pressure or inotropic state provide the more potent stimulus to left ventricular receptors in anaesthetized dogs?
In an animal model, changes in ventricular systolic pressure, rather than inotropic state, serve as the primary stimulus for reflex vasodilatation mediated by left ventricular receptors.
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Ventricular pressure dominates LV receptor reflexes in dogs; extends mechanistic insights but leaves open human translation.
Responses of systemic arterial perfusion pressure to changes in ventricular systolic pressure were determined before and after administration of dobutamine, then after propranolol, to determine whether the effective stimulus to left ventricular receptors was the change in ventricular systolic pressure or inotropic state. The results showed that increases in ventricular systolic pressure resulted in reflex vasodilatation which was unaffected by inotropic state, indicating that changes in ventricular systolic pressure provided the more potent stimulus.
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