The influence of left ventricular filling on postextrasystolic potentiation in the dog heart

E. L. Yellin, A. Kennish, C. Yoran, S. Laniado, N. M. Buckley, R. W. Frater

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Abstract

The authors studied the role of left ventricular filling on postextrasystolic potentiation (PESP) in the intact dog heart by calculating changes in end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes on a beat-to-beat basis from electromagnetic measurements of phasic mitral inflow and aortic outflow. In all, 161 extrasystolic sequences with compensatory pauses in 13 dogs were analyzed. The first postextrasystolic cycle showed an increased end-diastolic volume (EDV) in 94%, a decreased end-systolic volume (ESV) in 50%, and an estimated increased ejection fraction in 85% of the sequences. In the 91 sequences with a coupling index ≤0.7, despite a 76% increase in filling time, there was during the compensatory pause only a 6% increase in filling volume when compared to control. The net filling volume, stroke volume, and diastolic filling period for the sum of the extra- and postextrasystolic cycles were, respectively, 78%, 80%, and 116% of the sum of two control cycles. This retarded filling rate is attributed to a lower left atrial pressure, a reduced left ventricular relaxation rate, and a relaxation to a higher pressure minimum, all of which decrease the amplitude of the atrioventricular pressure gradient. Nevertheless, in 98% of the postextrasystolic cycles, stroke volume was augmented when compared to control (ratio, 1.49±0.26; mean ± SD), due in part to intrinsic mechanisms, to increased preload (EDV), and to decreased afterload. As a first approximation, the effects of increases in preload were separated from intrinsic ESV and/or increased ejection fraction. With the former criterion, 50% of the sequences showed PESP; with the latter, PESP occurred in 85% of the sequences.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)712-722
Number of pages11
JournalUnknown Journal
Volume44
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1979

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