Myocardial contractility is not constant during spontaneous atrial fibrillation in patients

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关键词: POSTEXTRASYSTOLIC POTENTIATION;    MECHANICAL RESTITUTION;    HUMAN-HEART;    BEAT;    INTERVAL;    VOLUME;    FREQUENCY;    CATHETER;    STRENGTH;   

DOI  :  10.1161/01.CIR.98.17.1762

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

Background-The variation in stroke volume and pulse pressure characteristic of atrial fibrillation is usually ascribed to time-dependent ventricular filling, implying a single positive relationship between end-systolic pressure and volume, which defines a single state of myocardial contractility. We tested the hypothesis that contractility also varies. Methods and Results-We measured the left ventricular pressure and volume continuously with a conductance catheter with catheter-tip micromanometer introduced retrogradely into the left ventricle. The end-systolic pressure-volume relationship was determined in 6 patients in atrial fibrillation undergoing cardiac catheterization for diagnostic purposes and 4 control patients in sinus rhythm undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The normal positive relationship between end-systolic pressure and volume was found in the control patients, but no such positive relationship was found in any patient in atrial fibrillation, In the latter, the slopes of the linear regressions were either not significantly different from zero or significantly negative (r values <0.08), both results indicating a change in contractility from beat to beat. Significantly negative relationships were found between end-systolic volume and preceding R-R interval (-0.82

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