Half-logistic time constant: a more reliable lusitropic index than monoexponential time constant regardless of temperature in canine left ventricle

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
J MizunoShigeho Morita

Abstract

Temperature changes influence cardiac diastolic function. The monoexponential time constant (tauE), which is a conventional lusitropic index of the rate of left ventricular (LV) pressure fall, increases with cooling and decreases with warming. We have proposed that a half-logistic time constant (tauL) is a better lusitropic index than tauE at normothermia. In the present study, we investigated whether tauL can remain a superior measure as temperature varies. The isovolumic relaxation LV pressure curves from the minimum of the first time derivative of LV pressure (dP/dtmin) to the LV end-diastolic pressure were analyzed at 30, 33, 36, 38, and 40 degrees C in excised, cross-circulated canine hearts. tauL and tauE were evaluated by curve-fitting using the least squares method and applying the half-logistic equation, P(t) = PA/[1 + exp(t/tauL)] + PB, and the monoexponential equation, P(t) = P0exp(-t/tauE) + Pinfinity. Both tauL and tauE increased significantly with decreasing temperature and decreased with increasing temperature. The half-logistic correlation coefficient (r) values were significantly higher than the monoexponential r values at the 5 above-mentioned temperatures. This implies that the superiority of the goodness of ...Continue Reading

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