Load-independent left ventricular function in a hemorrhagic shock model

The Journal of Surgical Research
A ChendrasekharG A Timberlake

Abstract

Load-independent left ventricular (LV) function has been recently shown to be reversibly depressed in septic shock. The peak systolic pressure to end systolic volume ratio (PSP/ESV) is a load independent measure of LV function. We evaluated PSP/ESV in a porcine model of hemorrhagic shock. Hemorrhagic shock was induced in five adult swine by arterial bleeding to a mean arterial pressure of 45-65 mmHg. This hypotension was maintained for 30 min, and then each animal was resuscitated to baseline mean arterial pressure using shed blood and crystalloid solution. Data (echocardiographically derived ejection fraction and oxygen transport parameters) were collected at baseline, after 30 min of hypotension and postresuscitation. Although the cardiac index, a marker for systolic function, and the mean arterial pressure, as well as oxygen delivery and consumption returned to baseline levels, the PSP/ESV ratio remained low despite adequate fluid resuscitation. This model provides a reproducible hemodynamically stable cardiac dysfunction associated with hemorrhagic shock.

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