The influence of ventricular extrasystoles and postextrasystoles on cardiovascular dynamics in anesthetized dogs

Journal of Anesthesia
Y YoshizawaS Inoue

Abstract

The influence of ventricular extrasystoles and postextrasystoles on cardiovascular dynamics were assessed in terms of maximum rate of rise of left ventricular pressure (max dP/dt), ascending aortic flow, left ventricular stroke volume, and left ventricular end-diastolic transverse dimension in anesthetized dogs. A single ventricular extrasystole, two and three consecutive ventricular extrasystoles (couplet and triplet) were induced by applying mechanical stimulation to the surface of the right ventricule. In any of these ventricular extrasystoles, max dP/dt, stroke volume and end-diastolic transverse dimension were decreased, compared with those in preceding sinus beats, i.e., pre-extrasystoles. Over the several postextrasystoles, max dP/dt was increased and gradually returned to its control level. This increase in max dP/dt, i.e., postextrasystolic potentiation paralleled an increase in ascending aortic peak flow but did not always bring about an increase in stroke volume, even when a left ventricular contraction was initiated by a significantly greater end-diastolic transverse dimension. The postextrasystolic potentiation seems to be associated with the Frank-Starling mechanism and does not compensate for the decreased in str...Continue Reading

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Jun 6, 2009·American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology·Joseph J SmolichDaniel J Penny

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