Oxygen-saving effect of negative work in dog left ventricle

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (1) ◽  
pp. H34-H44 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Suga ◽  
Y. Goto ◽  
Y. Yasumura ◽  
T. Nozawa ◽  
S. Futaki ◽  
...  

We compared left ventricular oxygen consumptions (VO2) of contractions performing negative external work (EW less than 0) and positive external work (EW greater than 0) that developed comparable peak systolic pressures in the excised cross-circulated dog hearts. We changed the polarity of ventricular work with volume servo-pump and measured both left ventricular VO2 and systolic pressure-volume area (PVA). PVA represents the total mechanical energy generated by contraction and is equal to the area circumscribed by the end-systolic and end-diastolic pressure-volume (PV) relation curves and the systolic PV trajectory. For comparable peak systolic pressures of approximately 90 mmHg, contractions performing negative EW of -834 +/- 327 mmHg.ml.100 g left ventricle-1 had 27 +/- 11% smaller VO2 and 62 +/- 12% smaller PVA than those performing positive EW of 851 +/- 329 mmHg.ml.100 g-1. The smaller VO2 for negative EW could be accounted for by the linear VO2-PVA relation regardless of the polarity and magnitude of work. The results indicate that negative work can save VO2 of contractions to develop a given peak systolic pressure.

2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (5) ◽  
pp. H1736-H1743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chikako Nakajima-Takenaka ◽  
Guo-Xing Zhang ◽  
Koji Obata ◽  
Kiyoe Tohne ◽  
Hiroko Matsuyoshi ◽  
...  

We investigated left ventricular (LV) mechanical work and energetics in the cross-circulated (blood-perfused) isoproterenol [Iso 1.2 mg·kg−1·day−1 for 3 days (Iso3) or 7 days (Iso7)]-induced hypertrophied rat heart preparation under isovolumic contraction-relaxation. We evaluated pressure-time curves per beat, end-systolic pressure-volume and end-diastolic pressure-volume relations, and myocardial O2 consumption per beat (V̇o2)-systolic pressure-volume area (PVA; a total mechanical energy per beat) linear relations at 240 beats/min, because Iso-induced hypertrophied hearts failed to completely relax at 300 beats/min. The LV relaxation rate at 240 beats/min in Iso-induced hypertrophied hearts was significantly slower than that in control hearts [saline 24 μl/day for 3 and 7 days (Sa)] with unchanged contraction rate. The V̇o2-intercepts (composed of basal metabolism and Ca2+ cycling energy consumption in excitation-contraction coupling) of V̇o2-PVA linear relations were unchanged associated with their unchanged slopes in Sa, Iso3, and Iso7 groups. The oxygen costs of LV contractility were also unchanged in all three groups. The amounts of expression of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase, phospholamban (PLB), phosphorylated-Ser16 PLB, phospholemman, and Na+-K+-ATPase are significantly decreased in Iso3 and Iso7 groups, although the amount of expression of NCX1 is unchanged in all three groups. Furthermore, the marked collagen production (types I and III) was observed in Iso3 and Iso7 groups. These results suggested the possibility that lowering the heart rate was beneficial to improve mechanical work and energetics in isoproterenol-induced hypertrophied rat hearts, although LV relaxation rate was slower than in normal hearts.


1983 ◽  
Vol 244 (2) ◽  
pp. H206-H214 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Suga ◽  
R. Hisano ◽  
S. Hirata ◽  
T. Hayashi ◽  
O. Yamada ◽  
...  

Left ventricular (LV) systolic pressure-volume area (PVA), a new measure of total mechanical energy for the contraction, linearly correlates with its oxygen consumption per beat (VO2) regardless of contraction mode in a canine heart with stable chronotropism and inotropism. PVA is the area in the pressure-volume (PV) diagram circumscribed by the end-systolic and end-diastolic PV relation curves and the systolic segment of the PV loop and has dimensions of energy. We investigated whether primary changes in heart rate would affect the VO2-PVA relation. In the excised cross-circulated canine heart with left ventricular load controlled with a servo pump, we changed heart rate by pacing to compare the VO2-PVA relations at low [124 +/- 17 (SD) min-1] and high (193 +/- 23) heart rates. In 15 left ventricles, VO2 (ml O2 X beat-1 X 100 g LV-1) was (1.75 +/- 0.57) X 10(-5) PVA (mmHg X ml X beat-1 X 100 g LV-1) + 0.031 +/- 0.011 (ml O2 X beat-1 X 100 g LV-1). The VO2-PVA relation was virtually independent of heart rate in individual hearts. We conclude that the load-independent VO2-PVA relationship is not affected by chronotropism in a given canine left ventricle.


1997 ◽  
Vol 273 (2) ◽  
pp. H583-H592 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Yasuda ◽  
T. Shishido ◽  
Y. Goto

The left ventricular (LV) mechanical performance and the LV myocardial oxygen consumption (VO2)-to-pressure-volume area (PVA; LV total mechanical energy index) relationship were measured in isovolumic contraction of isolated blood-perfused dog hearts before and after direct current (DC) countershocks. At a constant LV volume, DC shocks increased LV end-diastolic pressure progressively and strikingly with the progression of myocardial edema and a marked prolongation of the time constant of LV pressure decay. In contrast, DC shocks changed neither the slope of the LV end-systolic pressure-volume relationship nor the contractile efficiency (the slope of the Vo2-PVA relationship). The oxygen cost of contractility (the slope of the relationship between PVA-independent VO2 and LV contractility) increased 27% after DC shocks. However, the magnitude of this change was considerably smaller than that previously reported in postischemic stunned myocardium (123%), suggesting that the adverse effect of DC shocks on the energy cost of excitation-contraction coupling is relatively minor. Thus, despite the severe diastolic dysfunction, DC shocks do not substantially impair either the efficiency of cross-bridge cycling or calcium cycling. Myocardial interstitial edema is more likely a potential mechanism of diastolic dysfunction after DC shocks.


2003 ◽  
Vol 228 (7) ◽  
pp. 811-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Elsherif ◽  
Raymond V. Ortines ◽  
Jack T. Saari ◽  
Y. James Kang

Copper Deficiency (CuD) leads to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in various experimental models. The morphological, electrophysiological, and molecular aspects of this hypertrophy have been under investigation for a long time. However the transition from compensated hypertrophy to decompensated heart failure has not been investigated in the study of CuD. We set out to investigate the contractile and hemodynamic parameters of the CuD mouse heart and to determine whether heart failure follows hypertrophy in the CuD heart. Dams of FVB mice were fed CuD or copper-adequate (CuA) diet starting from the third day post delivery and the weanling pups were fed the same diet for a total period of 5 weeks (pre- and postweanling). At week 4, the functional parameters of the heart were analyzed using a surgical technique for catheterizing the left ventricle. A significant decrease in left ventricle systolic pressure was observed with no significant change in heart rate, and more importantly contractility as measured by the maximal rate of left ventricular pressure rise (+dP/dt) and decline (−dP/dt) were significantly depressed in the CuD mice. However, left ventricle end diastolic pressure was elevated, and relaxation was impaired in the CuD animals; the duration of relaxation was prolonged. In addition to significant changes in the basal level of cardiac function, CuD hearts had a blunted response to the stimulation of the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol. Furthermore, morphological analysis revealed increased collagen accumulation in the CuD hearts along with lipid deposition. This study shows that CuD leads to systolic and diastolic dysfunction in association with histopathological changes, which are indices commonly used to diagnose congestive heart failure.


1975 ◽  
Vol 228 (2) ◽  
pp. 536-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
SJ Leshin ◽  
LD Horwitz ◽  
JH Mitchell

The effects of acute severe aortic regurgitation on the left ventricle were investigated in conscious, chronically instrumented dogs. Left ventricular dimensions and volumes were measured from biplane cineradiographs of beads positioned near the endocardium. Data were collected before and after the production of aortic regurgitation by a catheter technique. The aortic regurgitation resulted in increases in mean aortic pulse pressure from 44 to 73 mmHg (P smaller than 0.001), heart rate from 87 to 122 beats/min (P smaller than 0.02), and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure from 11 to 25 mmHg (P smaller than 0.05). Mean end-diastolic volume rose from 61 to 69 cc (P smaller than 0.001), while end-systolic volume remained unchanged at 37 cc. The end-diastolic dilatation following regurgitation was asymmetrical in that the increase in size was due principally to an increase in the septal-lateral axis. The acute volume load of aortic regurgitation was accomplished by an increase in end-diastolic volume, i.e., the Frank-Starling mechanism. The tachycardia probably reflects augmented cardiac sympathetic activity, but the constant end-systolic volume at a similar mean systolic pressure suggests that the net contractile state was unchanged.


Circulation ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 130 (suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuji Inoue ◽  
Toshihiko Asanuma ◽  
Kasumi Masuda ◽  
Daisuke Sakurai ◽  
Masamichi Oka ◽  
...  

Introduction: Afterload mismatch is considered as a cause of acute decompensation in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF). However, behaviors of left atrium (LA) and ventricle (LV) to afterload increase have not been fully elucidated. We investigated how LA and LV acted to acute increase in afterload using speckle tracking echocardiography. Methods: Serial echocardiographic and hemodynamic data were acquired in 10 dogs during banding of the descending aorta (AoB). LA pressure was measured by a micromanometer via left pulmonary vein. As shown in Figure, peak negative strain during LA contraction and strain change during LA relaxation (early reservoir strain) and that during systole (late reservoir strain) were generated by simultaneous acquisition of LA longitudinal strain and volume. Pressure-strain curve showed 2 loops (A-loop, V-loop) and areas in A-loop and V-loop were computed as the work during active contraction and relaxation (A-work) and that during passive filling and emptying (V-work), respectively. Results: AoB increased LV systolic pressure by about 60 mmHg, mean LA pressure (3.8±1.3 vs. 7.1±2.0 mmHg) and LV end-diastolic pressure (4.5±1.7 vs. 10.7±4.0 mmHg, all p < 0.01). LV global circumferential strain decreased (-18.8±3.5 vs. -13.2±3.5%, p < 0.01) but LV stroke volume was maintained (8.4±2.3 vs. 9.6±3.6 ml). LA peak negative strain (-2.9±2.3 vs. -9.8±4.0%, p < 0.01) and early reservoir strain (3.4±1.1 vs. 7.8±2.6%, p < 0.01) increased substantially by AoB, but late reservoir function did not change (9.3±3.5 vs. 6.1±2.0%). A-work significantly increased (3.2±2.0 to 19.2±15.1 mmHg %, p < 0.01), while V-work did not change (13.3±7.1 vs. 13.6±8.0 mmHg %). Conclusions: During aortic banding, LA contraction, early reservoir function and thereby external work during the phase increased as a compensation to LV dysfunction. The failure of this mechanism may lead to decompensation in HFPEF.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (1) ◽  
pp. H212-H219 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Capasso ◽  
P. Li ◽  
G. Guideri ◽  
P. Anversa

To determine whether moderate ingestion of alcohol for protracted periods of time affects normal cardiac performance and produces myocyte damage, male Fischer 344 rats at 4 mo of age were given 30% ethanol in their drinking water every day for a period of 8 mo. Experimental animals and age-matched controls were examined hemodynamically and morphometrically at 12 mo of age. Body and cardiac growth were depressed in alcoholic animals by 15 and 12%, respectively. Although left ventricular (LV) weight was reduced by 14% in alcoholic rats, no difference in right ventricular (RV) weight was noted, and consequently the ratio of RV weight to body weight increased by 12%. Systemic arterial pressures as well as LV peak systolic pressure decreased in alcoholic rats despite an unchanged heart rate. Myocardial contractility in alcoholic rats was further depressed as revealed by a significant decrease in the peak rate of ventricular pressure decay. Importantly, end-diastolic pressure was elevated 5.2-fold in the left ventricle and 2.9-fold in the right ventricle after 8 mo of ethanol consumption. LV diastolic chamber volume increased through myocardial remodeling as the longitudinal axis and transverse diameters from the base to the apex increased in experimental animals while the thickness of the LV diminished. Structural and hemodynamic alterations resulted in a 571% increase in the volume of diastolic circumferential wall stress on the left ventricle. Damage to the myocardium was increased in alcoholic animals with the volume percent of myocardial lesions increasing 342% in the wall of the left ventricle.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


1997 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 658-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunihisa Kohno ◽  
Miyako Takaki ◽  
Kazunari Ishioka ◽  
Yasunori Nakayama ◽  
Shunsuke Suzuki ◽  
...  

Background It is still unclear whether fentanyl directly alters left ventricular (LV) contractility and oxygen consumption. This is because of the difficulty in defining and evaluating contractility and energy use independently of ventricular loading conditions and heart rate in beating whole hearts. Methods This study was conducted to clarify the mechanoenergetic effects of intracoronary fentanyl in six excised cross-circulated canine hearts. The authors used the framework of the Emax (a contractility index)-PVA (systolic pressure-volume area, a measure of total mechanical energy)-VO2 (myocardial oxygen consumption per beat) relationship practically independent of ventricular loading conditions. The authors measured LV pressure, volume, coronary flow, and arteriovenous oxygen content difference to calculate Emax, PVA, and VO2. They first obtained the VO2-PVA relationship for varied LV volumes at control Emax. The authors then obtained the VO2-PVA relationship at a constant LV volume, whereas coronary blood fentanyl concentration was increased in steps up to 240 ng/ml. Finally, they obtained the VO2-PVA relationship for varied LV volumes at the final dose of fentanyl. Results Fentanyl at any concentrations did not significantly change Emax, PVA, and VO2 from the control. The linear end-systolic pressure-volume relations and their slopes were virtually the same between the control and fentanyl volume loading in each heart. Further, either the slope (oxygen cost of PVA) or the VO2 intercept (unloaded VO2) of the linear VO2-PVA relationship remained unchanged by fentanyl. Conclusions These results indicate that intracoronary fentanyl produces virtually no effects on LV mechanoenergetics for a wide range of its blood concentration.


2005 ◽  
Vol 288 (4) ◽  
pp. H1699-H1707 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroji Hagihara ◽  
Yoshiro Yoshikawa ◽  
Yoshimi Ohga ◽  
Chikako Takenaka ◽  
Ken-ya Murata ◽  
...  

We have recently reported that exposure of rat hearts to high Ca2+ produces a Ca2+ overload-induced contractile failure in rat hearts, which was associated with proteolysis of α-fodrin. We hypothesized that contractile failure after ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) is similar to that after high Ca2+ infusion. To test this hypothesis, we investigated left ventricular (LV) mechanical work and energetics in the cross-circulated rat hearts, which were subjected to 15 min global ischemia and 60 min reperfusion. Sixty minutes after I/R, mean systolic pressure-volume area (PVA; a total mechanical energy per beat) at midrange LV volume (mLVV) (PVAmLVV) was significantly decreased from 5.89 ± 1.55 to 3.83 ± 1.16 mmHg·ml·beat−1·g−1 ( n = 6). Mean myocardial oxygen consumption per beat (Vo2) intercept of (Vo2-PVA linear relation was significantly decreased from 0.21 ± 0.05 to 0.15 ± 0.03 μl O2·beat−1·g−1 without change in its slope. Initial 30-min reperfusion with a Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) inhibitor KB-R7943 (KBR; 10 μmol/l) significantly reduced the decrease in mean PVAmLVV and Vo2 intercept ( n = 6). Although Vo2 for the Ca2+ handling was finally decreased, it transiently but significantly increased from the control for 10–15 min after I/R. This increase in Vo2 for the Ca2+ handling was completely blocked by KBR, suggesting an inhibition of reverse-mode NCX by KBR. α-Fodrin proteolysis, which was significantly increased after I/R, was also significantly reduced by KBR. Our study shows that the contractile failure after I/R is similar to that after high Ca2+ infusion, although the contribution of reverse-mode NCX to the contractile failure is different. An inhibition of reverse-mode NCX during initial reperfusion protects the heart against reperfusion injury.


1997 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 1350-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunihisa Kohno ◽  
Miyako Takaki ◽  
Kazunari Ishioka ◽  
Yasunori Nakayama ◽  
Shunsuke Suzuki ◽  
...  

Background It is still unclear whether fentanyl directly alters left ventricular (LV) contractility and oxygen consumption. This is because of the difficulty in defining and evaluating contractility and energy use independently of ventricular loading conditions and heart rate in beating whole hearts. Methods This study was conducted to clarify the mechanoenergetic effects of intracoronary fentanyl in six excised cross-circulated canine hearts. The authors used the framework of the E(max) (a contractility index)-PVA (systolic pressure-volume area, a measure of total mechanical energy)-VO2 (myocardial oxygen consumption per beat) relationship practically independent of ventricular loading conditions. The authors measured LV pressure, volume, coronary flow, and arteriovenous oxygen content difference to calculate E(max), PVA, and VO2. They first obtained the VO2-PVA relationship for varied LV volumes at control E(max). The authors then obtained the VO2-PVA relationship at a constant LV volume, whereas coronary blood fentanyl concentration was increased in steps up to 240 ng/ml. Finally, they obtained the VO2-PVA relationship for varied LV volumes at the final dose of fentanyl. Results Fentanyl at any concentrations did not significantly change E(max), PVA, and VO2 from the control. The linear end-systolic pressure-volume relations and their slopes were virtually the same between the control and fentanyl volume loading in each heart. Further, either the slope (oxygen cost of PVA) or the VO2 intercept (unloaded VO2) of the linear VO2-PVA relationship remained unchanged by fentanyl. Conclusions These results indicate that intracoronary fentanyl produces virtually no effects on LV mechanoenergetics for a wide range of its blood concentration.


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