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Antúnez-Montes OY, Kocica MJ, Olavarria AS, Corno AF, Millan RA, Rosales CI, Sanchez Aparicio HE. Helical structure of the ventricular myocardium. A narrative review of cardiac mechanics. Echocardiography 2023; 40:161-173. [PMID: 36610038 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To date, the ventricular myocardial band is the anatomical-functional model that best explains cardiac mechanics during systolic-diastolic phenomena in the cardiac cycle. The implications of the model fundamentally affect the anatomical interpretation of the ventricular myocardium, giving meaning to the direction that muscle fibers take, turning them into an object of study with potential clinical, imaging, and surgical applications. Re-interpreting the anatomy of the ventricular muscle justifies changes in the physiological interpretation, from its functional focus as a fiber unraveling the mechanical phenomena carried out during systole and diastole. We identify the functioning of the heart from the electrical and hemodynamic point of view, but it is necessary to delve into the mechanics that originate the hemodynamic changes observed flowmetrically, and that manifested during the pathology. In this review, the mechanical phenomena that the myocardium performs in each phase of the cardiac cycle are broken down in detail, emphasizing the physical displacements that each of the muscle segments presents, as well as a vision of their alteration and in which pathologies they are mainly identified. Visually, an anatomical correlation to the echocardiogram is provided, pointing out the direction of the segmental myocardial displacement by the strain velocity vector technique.
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- UC Clinical Center of Serbia, Clinic for Cardiac Surgery, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Children's Heart Institute, Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital, McGovern Medical School, UTHealth in Houston, Texas, USA
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- Echocardiography Section, November 20 National Medical Center, ISSSTE, Mexico City, Mexico
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Rodriguez Padilla J, Petras A, Magat J, Bayer J, Bihan-Poudec Y, El-Hamrani D, Ramlugun G, Neic A, Augustin C, Vaillant F, Constantin M, Benoist D, Pourtau L, Dubes V, Rogier J, Labrousse L, Bernus O, Quesson B, Haissaguerre M, Gsell M, Plank G, Ozenne V, Vigmond E. Impact of Intraventricular Septal Fiber Orientation on Cardiac Electromechanical Function. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2022; 322:H936-H952. [PMID: 35302879 PMCID: PMC9109800 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00050.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Cardiac fiber direction is an important factor determining the propagation of electrical activity, as well as the development of mechanical force. In this article, we imaged the ventricles of several species with special attention to the intraventricular septum to determine the functional consequences of septal fiber organization. First, we identified a dual-layer organization of the fiber orientation in the intraventricular septum of ex vivo sheep hearts using diffusion tensor imaging at high field MRI. To expand the scope of the results, we investigated the presence of a similar fiber organization in five mammalian species (rat, canine, pig, sheep, and human) and highlighted the continuity of the layer with the moderator band in large mammalian species. We implemented the measured septal fiber fields in three-dimensional electromechanical computer models to assess the impact of the fiber orientation. The downward fibers produced a diamond activation pattern superficially in the right ventricle. Electromechanically, there was very little change in pressure volume loops although the stress distribution was altered. In conclusion, we clarified that the right ventricular septum has a downwardly directed superficial layer in larger mammalian species, which can have modest effects on stress distribution. NEW & NOTEWORTHY A dual-layer organization of the fiber orientation in the intraventricular septum was identified in ex vivo hearts of large mammals. The RV septum has a downwardly directed superficial layer that is continuous with the moderator band. Electrically, it produced a diamond activation pattern. Electromechanically, little change in pressure volume loops were noticed but stress distribution was altered. Fiber distribution derived from diffusion tensor imaging should be considered for an accurate strain and stress analysis.
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- Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Linz, Austria
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, IMB, UMR 5251, Talence, France
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- Centre de Neuroscience Cognitive, CNRS UMR 5229, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Division of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Division of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM, Centre de recherche Cardio-Thoracique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Division of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Division of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,BioTechMed-Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Centre de Résonance Magnétique des Systèmes Biologiques, UMR 5536, CNRS/Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Liryc, Electrophysiology and Heart Modeling Institute, Fondation Bordeaux Université, Pessac-Bordeaux, France.,Univ. Bordeaux, IMB, UMR 5251, Talence, France
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Agger P, Stephenson RS. Assessing Myocardial Architecture: The Challenges and Controversies. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2020; 7:jcdd7040047. [PMID: 33137874 PMCID: PMC7711767 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd7040047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In recent decades, investigators have strived to describe and quantify the orientation of the cardiac myocytes in an attempt to classify their arrangement in healthy and diseased hearts. There are, however, striking differences between the investigations from both a technical and methodological standpoint, thus limiting their comparability and impeding the drawing of appropriate physiological conclusions from the structural assessments. This review aims to elucidate these differences, and to propose guidance to establish methodological consensus in the field. The review outlines the theory behind myocyte orientation analysis, and importantly has identified pronounced differences in the definitions of otherwise widely accepted concepts of myocytic orientation. Based on the findings, recommendations are made for the future design of studies in the field of myocardial morphology. It is emphasised that projection of myocyte orientations, before quantification of their angulation, introduces considerable bias, and that angles should be assessed relative to the epicardial curvature. The transmural orientation of the cardiomyocytes should also not be neglected, as it is an important determinant of cardiac function. Finally, there is considerable disagreement in the literature as to how the orientation of myocardial aggregates should be assessed, but to do so in a mathematically meaningful way, the normal vector of the aggregate plane should be utilised.
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- Peter Agger
- Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, 8220 Aarhus N, Denmark
- Department of Pediatrics, Randers Regional Hospital, Skovlyvej 15, 8930 Randers NE, Denmark
- Correspondence:
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- Institute of Clinical Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK;
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McKenna WJ, Moon JC, Sulaiman A. Understanding the Myocardial Architecture of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy for Clinical Care. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020; 73:2503-2505. [PMID: 31118143 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2019.03.466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- William J McKenna
- UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, United Kingdom; Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
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- UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, London, United Kingdom; Barts Heart Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Agger P, Omann C, Laustsen C, Stephenson RS, Anderson RH. Anatomically correct assessment of the orientation of the cardiomyocytes using diffusion tensor imaging. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2020; 33:e4205. [PMID: 31829484 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.4205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Revised: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Diffusion tensor imaging has been used for assessing the orientation of cardiac myocytes for decades. Striking methodological differences exist between studies when quantifying these orientations. This limits the comparability between studies, and impedes collaboration and the drawing of appropriate physiological conclusions. We have sought to elucidate these differences, permitting us to propose a standardised "tool set" that might better establish consensus in future studies. We fixed hearts from seven 25 kg pigs in formalin, and scanned them using diffusion tensor imaging. Using various angle definitions as found in literature, we assessed the orientations of cardiomyocytes, comparing them in terms of helical and intrusion angles, along with the orientation of their aggregations. The difference between assessment of the helical angle with and without relation to the epicardial curvature was 25.2° (SD: 7.9) at the base, 5.8° (1.9) at the equatorial level, and 28.0° (7.0) at the apex, ANOVA P = 0.001. In comparable fashion, the intrusion angle differed by 25.9° (12.9), 7.6° (0.98) and 17.5° (4.7), P = 0.01, and the angle of the aggregates (E3-angle) differed by 25.0° (13.5) at the base, 9.4° (1.7) at the equator, and 23.1° (6.2) apically, P = 0.003. When assessing 14 definitions used in literature to calculate the orientation of aggregates, only 4 rendered identical results. The findings show that any attempt to use projection of eigenvectors introduces considerable bias. The epicardial curvature of the ventricular cone needs to be taken into account when seeking to provide accurate quantification of the orientation of the aggregated cardiomyocytes, especially in the apical and basal regions. This means that projection of eigenvectors should be avoided prior to quantifying myocyte orientation, especially when assessing radial orientation. Based on our results, we suggest appropriate methods for valid assessment of myocyte orientation using diffusion tensor imaging.
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- Peter Agger
- Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Dept. of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Institute of Clinical Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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Sánchez-Quintana D, Agger P, Anderson RH. Arquitectura de la pared ventricular. Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed) 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2019.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Sánchez-Quintana D, Agger P, Anderson RH. Ventricular mural architecture. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA (ENGLISH ED.) 2020; 73:186. [PMID: 31629692 DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2019.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Damián Sánchez-Quintana
- Departamento de Anatomía Humana y Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain.
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- Comparative Medicine Laboratory, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
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Doste R, Soto-Iglesias D, Bernardino G, Alcaine A, Sebastian R, Giffard-Roisin S, Sermesant M, Berruezo A, Sanchez-Quintana D, Camara O. A rule-based method to model myocardial fiber orientation in cardiac biventricular geometries with outflow tracts. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 2019; 35:e3185. [PMID: 30721579 DOI: 10.1002/cnm.3185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/05/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Rule-based methods are often used for assigning fiber orientation to cardiac anatomical models. However, existing methods have been developed using data mostly from the left ventricle. As a consequence, fiber information obtained from rule-based methods often does not match histological data in other areas of the heart such as the right ventricle, having a negative impact in cardiac simulations beyond the left ventricle. In this work, we present a rule-based method where fiber orientation is separately modeled in each ventricle following observations from histology. This allows to create detailed fiber orientation in specific regions such as the endocardium of the right ventricle, the interventricular septum, and the outflow tracts. We also carried out electrophysiological simulations involving these structures and with different fiber configurations. In particular, we built a modeling pipeline for creating patient-specific volumetric meshes of biventricular geometries, including the outflow tracts, and subsequently simulate the electrical wavefront propagation in outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias with different origins for the ectopic focus. The resulting simulations with the proposed rule-based method showed a very good agreement with clinical parameters such as the 10 ms isochrone ratio in a cohort of nine patients suffering from this type of arrhythmia. The developed modeling pipeline confirms its potential for an in silico identification of the site of origin in outflow tract ventricular arrhythmias before clinical intervention.
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- Ruben Doste
- Physense, ETIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Computational Multiscale Simulation Lab (CoMMLab), Department of Computer Science, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Arrhythmia Section, Cardiology Department, Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Physense, ETIC, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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MacIver DH, Partridge JB, Agger P, Stephenson RS, Boukens BJD, Omann C, Jarvis JC, Zhang H. The end of the unique myocardial band: Part II. Clinical and functional considerations. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2018; 53:120-128. [PMID: 29029119 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Two of the leading concepts of mural ventricular architecture are the unique myocardial band and the myocardial mesh model. We have described, in an accompanying article published in this journal, how the anatomical, histological and high-resolution computed tomographic studies strongly favour the latter concept. We now extend the argument to describe the linkage between mural architecture and ventricular function in both health and disease. We show that clinical imaging by echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging, and electrophysiological studies, all support the myocardial mesh model. We also provide evidence that the unique myocardial band model is not compatible with much of scientific research.
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- David H MacIver
- Department of Cardiology, Taunton and Somerset Hospital, Musgrove Park, Taunton, UK.,Medical Education, University of Bristol, Senate House, Bristol, UK.,Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Eurobodalla Unit, Rural Clinical School of the ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.,Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Biology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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MacIver DH, Stephenson RS, Jensen B, Agger P, Sánchez-Quintana D, Jarvis JC, Partridge JB, Anderson RH. The end of the unique myocardial band: Part I. Anatomical considerations. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2018; 53:112-119. [PMID: 28958005 DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezx290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The concept of the 'unique myocardial band', which proposes that the ventricular myocardial cone is arranged like skeletal muscle, provides an attractive framework for understanding haemodynamics. The original idea was developed by Francisco Torrent-Guasp. Using boiled hearts and blunt dissection, Torrent-Guasp created a single band of ventricular myocardium extending from the pulmonary trunk to the aortic root, with the band thus constructed encircling both ventricular cavities. Cooked hearts can, however, be dissected in many ways. In this review, we show that the band does not exist as an anatomical entity with defined borders. On the contrary, the ventricular cardiomyocytes are aggregated end to end and by their branching produce an intricate meshwork. Across the thickness of the left ventricular wall, the chains of cardiomyocytes exhibit a gradually changing helical angle, with a circumferential zone formed in the middle. There is no abrupt change in helical angle, as could be expected if the wall was constructed of opposing limbs of a single wrapped band, nor does the long axis of the cardiomyocytes consistently match with the long axis of the unique myocardial band. There are, furthermore, no connective tissue structures that could be considered to demarcate its purported boundaries. The unique myocardial band should be consistent with evolution, and although the ventricular wall of fish and reptiles has one or several distinct layers, a single band is not found. In 1965, Lev and Simpkins cautioned that the ventricular muscle mass of a cooked heart can be dissected almost at the whim of the anatomist. We suggest that the unique myocardial band should have ended there.
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- David H MacIver
- Department of Cardiology, Taunton and Somerset Hospital, Musgrove Park, Taunton, UK.,Medical Education, University of Bristol, Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, UK.,Biological Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Comparative Medicine Lab, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Biology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam University, Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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- Eurobodalla Unit, Rural Clinical School of the ANU College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Lunkenheimer PP, Niederer P, Lunkenheimer JM, Keller H, Redmann K, Smerup M, Anderson RH. [The antagonistic function of the heart muscle sustains the autoregulation according to Frank and Starling : Part I: Structure and function of heart muscle]. Herz 2018; 45:170-177. [PMID: 30054713 DOI: 10.1007/s00059-018-4734-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
In the tradition of Harvey and according to Otto Frank the heart muscle structure is arranged in a strictly tangential fashion hence all contractile forces act in the direction of ventricular ejection. In contrast, morphology confirms that the heart consists of a 3-dimensional network of muscle fibers with up to two fifths of the chains of aggregated myocytes deviating from a tangential alignment at variable angles. Accordingly, the myocardial systolic forces contain, in addition to a constrictive also a (albeit smaller) radially acting component. Using needle force probes we have correspondingly measured an unloading type of force in a tangential direction and an auxotonic type in dilatative transversal direction of the ventricular walls to show that the myocardial body contracts actively in a 3-dimensional pattern. This antagonism supports the autoregulation of heart muscle function according to Frank and Starling, preserving ventricular shape, enhances late systolic fast dilation and attenuates systolic constriction of the ventricle wall. Auxotonic dilating forces are particularly sensitive to inotropic medication. Low dose beta-blocker is able to attenuate the antagonistic activity. All myocardial components act against four components of afterload, the hemodynamic, the myostructural, the stromatogenic and the hydraulic component. This complex interplay critically complicates clinical diagnostics. Clinical implications are far-reaching (see Part II, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00059-018-4735-x).
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- P P Lunkenheimer
- Experimentelle Thorax‑, Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie, Universitätskliniken Münster, Münster, Deutschland.
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- Institute of Biomedical Engineering, ETH and University Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz
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- Krankenhaus der Augustinerinnen/Severinsklösterchen, Jakobstr. 27-31, Köln, Deutschland
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- Klinik Hirslanden, Zürich, Schweiz
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- Universitätskliniken, Münster, Deutschland
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- Thoraxkirurgisk Klinik, University Hospital, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle, Großbritannien
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Resolving the True Ventricular Mural Architecture. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2018; 5:jcdd5020034. [PMID: 29925810 PMCID: PMC6023305 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd5020034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The precise nature of packing together of the cardiomyocytes within the ventricular walls has still to be determined. The spiraling nature of the chains of interconnected cardiomyocytes has long been recognized. As long ago as the end of the nineteenth century, Pettigrew had emphasized that the ventricular cone was not arranged on the basis of skeletal muscle. Despite this guidance, subsequent anatomists described entities such as “bulbo-spiral muscles”, with this notion of subunits culminating in the suggestion that the ventricular cone could be unwrapped so as to produce a “ventricular myocardial band”. Others, in contrast, had suggested that the ventricular walls were arranged on the basis of “sheets”, or more recently “sheetlets”, with investigators seeking to establishing the angulation of these entities using techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging. Our own investigations, in contrast, have shown that the cardiomyocytes are aggregated together within the supporting fibrous matrix so as to produce a three-dimensional myocardial mesh. In this review, we summarize the previous accounts, and provide the anatomical evidence we have thus far accumulated to support the model of the myocardial mesh. We show how these anatomic findings underscore the concept of the myocardial mesh functioning in antagonistic fashion. They lend evidence to support the notion that the ventricular myocardium works as a muscular hydrostat.
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Hoffman JIE. Will the real ventricular architecture please stand up? Physiol Rep 2018; 5:5/18/e13404. [PMID: 28947592 PMCID: PMC5617926 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Ventricular twisting, essential for cardiac function, is attributed to the contraction of myocardial helical fibers. The exact relationship between ventricular anatomy and function remains to be determined, but one commonly used explanatory model is the helical ventricular myocardial band (HVMB) model of Torrent‐Guasp. This model has been successful in explaining many aspects of ventricular function, (Torrent‐Guasp et al. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., 25, 376, 2004; Buckberg et al. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg., 47, 587, 2015; Buckberg et al. Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 47, 778, 2015) but the model ignores important aspects of ventricular anatomy and should probably be replaced. The purpose of this review is to compare the HVMB model with a different model (nested layers). A complication when interpreting experimental observations that relate anatomy to function is that, in the myocardium, shortening does not always imply activation and lengthening does not always imply inactivation.
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- Julien I E Hoffman
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California
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What Is the Heart? Anatomy, Function, Pathophysiology, and Misconceptions. J Cardiovasc Dev Dis 2018; 5:jcdd5020033. [PMID: 29867011 PMCID: PMC6023278 DOI: 10.3390/jcdd5020033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cardiac dynamics are traditionally linked to a left ventricle, right ventricle, and septum morphology, a topography that differs from the heart's five-century-old anatomic description of containing a helix and circumferential wrap architectural configuration. Torrent Guasp's helical ventricular myocardial band (HVMB) defines this anatomy and its structure, and explains why the heart's six dynamic actions of narrowing, shortening, lengthening, widening, twisting, and uncoiling happen. The described structural findings will raise questions about deductions guiding "accepted cardiac mechanics", and their functional aspects will challenge and overturn them. These suppositions include the LV, RV, and septum description, timing of mitral valve opening, isovolumic relaxation period, reasons for torsion/twisting, untwisting, reasons for longitudinal and circumferential strain, echocardiographic sub segmentation, resynchronization, RV function dynamics, diastolic dysfunction's cause, and unrecognized septum impairment. Torrent Guasp's revolutionary contributions may alter future understanding of the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disease.
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Hoffman JIE. Are there two different myocardial echogenic lines? Echocardiography 2017; 34:1270-1271. [DOI: 10.1111/echo.13653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Buckberg GD. Echogenic zone in mid-septum: its structure/function relationship. Echocardiography 2016; 33:1450-1456. [PMID: 27783875 DOI: 10.1111/echo.13342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- Gerald D Buckberg
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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