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Zhang X, Li T, Cheng HJ, Wang H, Ferrario CM, Groban L, Cheng CP. Chronic GPR30 agonist therapy causes restoration of normal cardiac functional performance in a male mouse model of progressive heart failure: Insights into cellular mechanisms. Life Sci 2021; 285:119955. [PMID: 34520767 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2021.119955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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AIMS G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 30 (GPR30) activation by its agonist, G1, exhibits beneficial actions in female with heart failure (HF). Recent evidence indicates its cardiovascular benefits may also include male as well. However, whether and how GPR30 activation may limit HF progression and have a salutary role in males is unknown. We hypothesized that chronic G1 treatment improves LV and cardiomyocyte function, [Ca2+]i regulation and β-adrenergic reserve, thus limiting HF progression in male. MAIN METHODS We compared left ventricle (LV) and myocyte function, [Ca2+]i transient ([Ca2+]iT) and β-AR modulation in control male mice (12/group) and isoproterenol-induced HF (150 mg/kg s.c. for 2 days). Two weeks after isoproterenol injection, HF mice received placebo, or G1 (150 μg/kg/day s.c. mini-pump) for 2 weeks. KEY FINDINGS Isoproterenol-treated mice exhibited HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) at 2-weeks and progressed to HF with reduced EF (HFrEF) at 4-weeks, manifested by significantly increased LV time constant of relaxation (τ), decreased EF and mitral flow (dV/dtmax), which were accompanied by reduced myocyte contraction (dL/dtmax), relaxation (dR/dtmax) and [Ca2+]iT. Acute isoproterenol-superfusion caused significantly smaller increases in dL/dtmax, dR/dtmax and [Ca2+]iT. G1 treatment in HF increased basal and isoproterenol-stimulated increases in EF and LV contractility of EES. Importantly, G1 improved basal and isoproterenol-stimulated dL/dtmax, dR/dtmax and [Ca2+]iT to control levels and restored normal cardiac β-AR subtypes modulation. SIGNIFICANCE Chronic G1 treatment restores normal myocyte basal and β-AR-stimulated contraction, relaxation, and [Ca2+]iT, thereby reversing LV dysfunction and playing a rescue role in a male mouse model of HF.
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- Xiaowei Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China; Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America; Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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- Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America.
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Ogilvie LM, Edgett BA, Gray S, Al-Mufty S, Huber JS, Brunt KR, Simpson JA. A new approach to improve the hemodynamic assessment of cardiac function independent of respiratory influence. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17223. [PMID: 34446745 PMCID: PMC8390640 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96050-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular and respiratory systems are anatomically and functionally linked; inspiration produces negative intrathoracic pressures that act on the heart and alter cardiac function. Inspiratory pressures increase with heart failure and can exceed the magnitude of ventricular pressure during diastole. Accordingly, respiratory pressures may be a confounding factor to assessing cardiac function. While the interaction between respiration and the heart is well characterized, the extent to which systolic and diastolic indices are affected by inspiration is unknown. Our objective was to understand how inspiratory pressure affects the hemodynamic assessment of cardiac function. To do this, we developed custom software to assess and separate indices of systolic and diastolic function into inspiratory, early expiratory, and late expiratory phases of respiration. We then compared cardiac parameters during normal breathing and with various respiratory loads. Variations in inspiratory pressure had a small impact on systolic pressure and function. Conversely, diastolic pressure strongly correlated with negative inspiratory pressure. Cardiac pressures were less affected by respiration during expiration; late expiration was the most stable respiratory phase. In conclusion, inspiration is a large confounding influence on diastolic pressure, but minimally affects systolic pressure. Performing cardiac hemodynamic analysis by accounting for respiratory phase yields more accuracy and analytic confidence to the assessment of diastolic function.
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- Leslie M Ogilvie
- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- IMPART Investigator Team Canada, Saint John, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada
- IMPART Investigator Team Canada, Saint John, Canada
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- Cambridge Electronic Design Limited, Milton, Cambridge, England
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
- IMPART Investigator Team Canada, Saint John, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Saint John, NB, Canada
- IMPART Investigator Team Canada, Saint John, Canada
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- Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada.
- IMPART Investigator Team Canada, Saint John, Canada.
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Seven Mathematical Models of Hemorrhagic Shock. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2021; 2021:6640638. [PMID: 34188690 PMCID: PMC8195646 DOI: 10.1155/2021/6640638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although mathematical modelling of pressure-flow dynamics in the cardiocirculatory system has a lengthy history, readily finding the appropriate model for the experimental situation at hand is often a challenge in and of itself. An ideal model would be relatively easy to use and reliable, besides being ethically acceptable. Furthermore, it would address the pathogenic features of the cardiovascular disease that one seeks to investigate. No universally valid model has been identified, even though a host of models have been developed. The object of this review is to describe several of the most relevant mathematical models of the cardiovascular system: the physiological features of circulatory dynamics are explained, and their mathematical formulations are compared. The focus is on the whole-body scale mathematical models that portray the subject's responses to hypovolemic shock. The models contained in this review differ from one another, both in the mathematical methodology adopted and in the physiological or pathological aspects described. Each model, in fact, mimics different aspects of cardiocirculatory physiology and pathophysiology to varying degrees: some of these models are geared to better understand the mechanisms of vascular hemodynamics, whereas others focus more on disease states so as to develop therapeutic standards of care or to test novel approaches. We will elucidate key issues involved in the modeling of cardiovascular system and its control by reviewing seven of these models developed to address these specific purposes.
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Liu Y, Shao Q, Cheng HJ, Li T, Zhang X, Callahan MF, Herrington D, Kitzman D, Zhao D, Cheng CP. Chronic Ca 2+/Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase II Inhibition Rescues Advanced Heart Failure. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2021; 377:316-325. [PMID: 33722881 PMCID: PMC8140392 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.120.000361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) is upregulated in congestive heart failure (CHF), contributing to electrical, structural, and functional remodeling. CaMKII inhibition is known to improve CHF, but its direct cardiac effects in CHF remain unclear. We hypothesized that CaMKII inhibition improves cardiomyocyte function, [Ca2+]i regulation, and β-adrenergic reserve, thus improving advanced CHF. In a 16-week study, we compared plasma neurohormonal levels and left ventricular (LV)- and myocyte-functional and calcium transient ([Ca2+]iT) responses in male Sprague-Dawley rats (10/group) with CHF induced by isoproterenol (170 mg/kg sq for 2 days). In rats with CHF, we studied the effects of the CaMKII inhibitor KN-93 or its inactive analog KN-92 (n = 4) (70 µg/kg per day, mini-pump) for 4 weeks. Compared with controls, isoproterenol-treated rats had severe CHF with 5-fold-increased plasma norepinephrine and about 50% decreases in ejection fraction (EF) and LV contractility [slope of LV end-systolic pressure-LV end-systolic volume relation (EES)] but increased time constant of LV relaxation (τ). They also showed significantly reduced myocyte contraction [maximum rate of myocyte shortening (dL/dtmax)], relaxation (dL/dtmax), and [Ca2+]iT Isoproterenol superfusion caused significantly fewer increases in dL/dtmax and [Ca2+]iT KN-93 treatment prevented plasma norepinephrine elevation, with increased basal and acute isoproterenol-stimulated increases in EF and EES and decreased τ in CHF. KN-93 treatment preserved normal myocyte contraction, relaxation, [Ca2+]iT, and β-adrenergic reserve, whereas KN-92 treatment failed to improve LV and myocyte function, and plasma norepinephrine remained high in CHF. Thus, chronic CaMKII inhibition prevented CHF-induced activation of the sympathetic nervous system, restoring normal LV and cardiomyocyte basal and β-adrenergic-stimulated contraction, relaxation, and [Ca2+]iT, thereby playing a rescue role in advanced CHF. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: We investigated the therapeutic efficacy of late initiation of chronic Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) inhibition on progression of advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). Chronic CaMKII inhibition prevented CHF-induced activation of the sympathetic nervous system and restored normal intrinsic cardiomyocyte basal and β-adrenergic receptor-stimulated relaxation, contraction, and [Ca2+]i regulation, leading to reversal of CHF progression. These data provide new evidence that CaMKII inhibition is able and sufficient to rescue a failing heart, and thus cardiac CaMKII inhibition is a promising target for improving CHF treatment.
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- Yixi Liu
- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China (Y.L.); Department of Cardiology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China (Q.S.); Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Y.L., Q.S., H.-J.C., T.L., X.Z., M.F.C., D.H., D.K., D.Z., C.-P.C.); Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China (T.L.); and Department of Cardiology, the Second Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China (X.Z.)
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Liao KM, Chang CW, Wang SH, Chang YT, Chen YC, Wang GC. The first harmonic of radial pulse wave predicts major adverse cardiovascular and microvascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications 2019; 33:107420. [PMID: 31488349 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2019.107420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This brief report take a further look on the first harmonic of radial pulse wave (C1) after the 1.8 ± 0.5 years follow-up and demonstrated that the quartile level of C1 independently predicts the risk of cardiovascular death, major adverse cardiovascular events, and microvascular outcomes in 2324 patients with type 2 diabetes.
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- Kuo-Meng Liao
- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism of Zhongxiao Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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- MiiAnn Medical Research Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism of Zhongxiao Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Li T, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Chen Z, Cheng HJ, Ahmad S, Ferrario CM, Cheng CP. Reversal of angiotensin-(1-12)-caused positive modulation on left ventricular contractile performance in heart failure: Assessment by pressure-volume analysis. Int J Cardiol 2019; 301:135-141. [PMID: 31521437 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Angiotensin-(1-12) [Ang-(1-12)] is a renin-independent precursor for direct angiotensin-II production by chymase. Substantial evidence suggests that heart failure (HF) may alter cardiac Ang-(1-12) expression and activity; this novel Ang-(1-12)/chymase axis may be the main source for angiotensin-II deleterious actions in HF. We hypothesized that HF alters cardiac response to Ang-(1-12). Its stimulation may produce cardiac negative modulation and exacerbate left ventricle (LV) systolic and diastolic dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS We assessed the effects of Ang-(1-12) (2 nmol/kg/min, iv, 10 min) on LV contractility, LV diastolic filling, and LV-arterial coupling (AVC) in 16 SD male rats with HF-induced by isoproterenol (3 mo after 170 mg/kg sq. for 2 consecutive days) and 10 age-matched male controls. In normal controls, versus baseline, Ang-(1-12) increased LV end-systolic pressure, without altering heart rate, arterial elastance (EA), LV end-diastolic pressure (PED), the time constant of LV relaxation (τ) and ejection fraction (EF). Ang-(1-12) significantly increased the slopes (EES) of LV end-systolic pressure (P)-volume (V) relations and the slopes (MSW) of LV stroke wok-end-diastolic V relations, indicating increased LV contractility. AVC (quantified as EES/EA) improved. In contrast, in HF, versus HF baseline, Ang-(1-12) produced a similar increase in PES, but significantly increased τ, EA, and PED. The early diastolic portion of LV PV loop was shifted upward with reduced in EF. Moreover, Ang-(1-12) significantly decreased EES and MSW, demonstrating decreased LV contractility. AVC was decreased by 43%. CONCLUSIONS In both normal and HF rats, Ang-(1-12) causes similar vasoconstriction. In normal, Ang-(1-12) increases LV contractile function. In HF, Ang-(1-12) has adverse effects and depresses LV systolic and diastolic functional performance.
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- Tiankai Li
- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States of America; Department of cardiology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (originally named "Shanghai First People's Hospital"), Shanghai, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States of America; Department of Cardiology, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States of America; Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, United States of America.
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Applying Pulse Spectrum Analysis to Facilitate the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2019; 2019:2709486. [PMID: 31275406 PMCID: PMC6582909 DOI: 10.1155/2019/2709486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 05/11/2019] [Accepted: 05/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Not all patients with angina pectoris have coronary artery stenosis. To facilitate the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD), we sought to identify predictive factors of pulse spectrum analysis, which was developed by Wang and is one technique of modern pulse diagnosis. The patients suffered from chest pain and received cardiac catheterization to confirm the CAD diagnosis and Gensini score were recruited. Their pulse waves of radial artery were recorded. Then, by performing a fast Fourier transform, 10 amplitude values of frequency spectrum harmonics were obtained. Each harmonic amplitude was divided by the sum of all harmonic amplitude values, obtaining the relative percentages of 10 harmonics (C1-C10). Subsequently, multivariate logistic regression was conducted with two models and the areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (ROC) of these 2 models were compared to see if combining the pulse diagnosis parameters with the risk factor of CAD can increase the prediction rate of CAD diagnosis. The predictive factors of CAD severity were analyzed by multivariate linear regression. A total of 83 participants were included; 63 were diagnosed CAD and 20 without CAD. In the CAD group, C1 was greater and C5 was lower than those of the non-CAD group. The CAD risk factors were put alone in Model 1 to perform the multivariate logistic regression analysis which had a prediction rate of 77.1%; while putting the C1 and C5 harmonics together with the risk factors into Model 2, the prediction rate increased to 80.7%. Finally, the area under ROC of Model 1 and Model 2 was 0.788 and 0.856, respectively. Furthermore, left C1, left C5, gender, and presence of hyperlipidemia were predictors of CAD severity. Therefore, pulse spectrum analysis may be a tool to facilitate CAD diagnosis before receiving cardiac catheterization. The harmonics C1 and C5 were favorable predictive indicators.
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Zhou S, Xu L, Hao L, Xiao H, Yao Y, Qi L, Yao Y. A review on low-dimensional physics-based models of systemic arteries: application to estimation of central aortic pressure. Biomed Eng Online 2019; 18:41. [PMID: 30940144 PMCID: PMC6446386 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-019-0660-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The physiological processes and mechanisms of an arterial system are complex and subtle. Physics-based models have been proven to be a very useful tool to simulate actual physiological behavior of the arteries. The current physics-based models include high-dimensional models (2D and 3D models) and low-dimensional models (0D, 1D and tube-load models). High-dimensional models can describe the local hemodynamic information of arteries in detail. With regard to an exact model of the whole arterial system, a high-dimensional model is computationally impracticable since the complex geometry, viscosity or elastic properties and complex vectorial output need to be provided. For low-dimensional models, the structure, centerline and viscosity or elastic properties only need to be provided. Therefore, low-dimensional modeling with lower computational costs might be a more applicable approach to represent hemodynamic properties of the entire arterial system and these three types of low-dimensional models have been extensively used in the study of cardiovascular dynamics. In recent decades, application of physics-based models to estimate central aortic pressure has attracted increasing interest. However, to our best knowledge, there has been few review paper about reconstruction of central aortic pressure using these physics-based models. In this paper, three types of low-dimensional physical models (0D, 1D and tube-load models) of systemic arteries are reviewed, the application of three types of models on estimation of central aortic pressure is taken as an example to discuss their advantages and disadvantages, and the proper choice of models for specific researches and applications are advised.
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- Shuran Zhou
- Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819 China
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- Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819 China
- Neusoft Research of Intelligent Healthcare Technology, Co. Ltd., Shenyang, 110167 China
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- Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819 China
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- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Modern Photoelectric Detection Technology and Instrument, School of Optoelectronic Information, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing, 400054 China
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- Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819 China
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- Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819 China
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- Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819 China
- Neusoft Research of Intelligent Healthcare Technology, Co. Ltd., Shenyang, 110167 China
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Chang CW, Liao KM, Chang YT, Wang SH, Chen YC, Wang GC. The effect of radial pulse spectrum on the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes Complications 2019; 33:160-164. [PMID: 30381150 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2018.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Radial pulse spectrum has been shown to correlate with coronary stenosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). In academia, it has not been demonstrated that the radial artery pulse spectrum is an independent risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), including myocardial infarction, stroke, and all-cause mortality. The primary objective of this study is to assess the risk of MACE, in patients with T2DM and to determine if an increase in MACE would be associated with a first harmonic (C1) increase in the radial artery pulse. 1972 consecutive patients with T2DM were enrolled. All subjects received measurements of radial pulse waves at baseline. Harmonic analysis of radial pressure wave was performed. The hazard ratios for MACE and its 95% confident interval were estimated using Cox proportional hazard model. The follow-up period lasted for one year. MACE was detected in 232 (11.8%) of those with T2DM. The log-rank test demonstrated that the cumulative incidence of patients with C1 above 0.96 was greater than those with C1 bellow 0.96. Comparing the patients with C1 smaller than first quartile to the patients with C1 greater than third quartile, higher C1 increased the cardiovascular risks as follows: MACE (Hazard ratio,1.93; 95% CI,1.31-2.86), stroke (Hazard ratio, 1.61; 95% CI, 0.90-2.90), myocardial infarction (Hazard ratio, 2.23; 95% CI, 1.33-3.74). The risk for the composite MACE increased continuously as C1 increased (P < 0.001 for trend). The hazard ratio and trend for all-cause mortality were not significant. Increased C1 resulted in increased risk for nonfatal stroke, and nonfatal myocardial infarction among patients with T2DM. Our results indicate that the degree of C1 is a risk factor for nonfatal MACE. Therefore, the radial pulse spectrum could identify patients with T2DM at high risk of nonfatal MACE.
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- Chi-Wei Chang
- Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism of Zhongxiao Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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- Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA
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- Biophysics Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism of Zhongxiao Branch of Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Cuomo F, Ferruzzi J, Agarwal P, Li C, Zhuang ZW, Humphrey JD, Figueroa CA. Sex-dependent differences in central artery haemodynamics in normal and fibulin-5 deficient mice: implications for ageing. Proc Math Phys Eng Sci 2019; 475:20180076. [PMID: 30760948 PMCID: PMC6364598 DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2018.0076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mouse models provide unique opportunities to study vascular disease, but they demand increased experimental and computational resolution. We describe a workflow for combining in vivo and in vitro biomechanical data to build mouse-specific computational models of the central vasculature including regional variations in biaxial wall stiffness, thickness and perivascular support. These fluid-solid interaction models are informed by micro-computed tomography imaging and in vivo ultrasound and pressure measurements, and include mouse-specific inflow and outflow boundary conditions. Hence, the model can capture three-dimensional unsteady flows and pulse wave characteristics. The utility of this experimental-computational approach is illustrated by comparing central artery biomechanics in adult wild-type and fibulin-5 deficient mice, a model of early vascular ageing. Findings are also examined as a function of sex. Computational results compare well with measurements and data available in the literature and suggest that pulse wave velocity, a spatially integrated measure of arterial stiffness, does not reflect well the presence of regional differences in stiffening, particularly those manifested in male versus female mice. Modelling results are also useful for comparing quantities that are difficult to measure or infer experimentally, including local pulse pressures at the renal arteries and characteristics of the peripheral vascular bed that may differ with disease.
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- Federica Cuomo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Translational Research Imaging Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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The First Harmonic of Radial Pulse as an Early Predictor of Silent Coronary Artery Disease and Adverse Cardiac Events in Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Cardiol Res Pract 2018; 2018:5128626. [PMID: 30425857 PMCID: PMC6218742 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5128626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Revised: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/23/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Background It has been reported that harmonics of radial pulse is related to coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). It is still unclear whether or not the first harmonics of the radial pulse spectrum is an early independent predictor of silent coronary artery disease (SCAD) and adverse cardiac events (ACE). Objectives To measure the risk of SCAD in patients with T2DM and also to survey whether or not an increment of the first harmonic (C1) of the radial pulse increases ACE. Methods 1968 asymptomatic individuals with T2DM underwent radial pulse wave measurement. First harmonic of the radial pressure wave, C1, was calculated. Next, the new occurrence of ACE and the new symptoms and signs of coronary artery disease were recorded. The follow-up period lasted for 14.7 ± 3.5 months. Results Out of 1968 asymptomatic individuals with T2DM, ACE was detected in 239 (12%) of them during the follow-up period. The logrank test demonstrated that the cumulative incidence of ACE in patients with C1 above 0.96 was greater than that in those patients with C1 below 0.89 (P < 0.01). By comparing the data of patients with C1 smaller than the first quartile and the patients with C1 greater than the third quartile, the hazard ratios were listed as follows: ACE (hazard ratio, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.55–3.37), heart failure (hazard ratio, 2.22; 95% CI, 1.21–4.09), myocardial infarction (hazard ratio, 2.44; 95% CI, 1.51–3.93), left ventricular dysfunction (Hazard ratio, 2.01; 95% CI, 0.86–4.70), and new symptoms and signs for coronary artery disease (hazard ratio, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.45–2.84). As C1 increased, the risk for composite ACE (P < 0.001 for trend) and for coronary disease (P < 0.001 for trend) also increased. The hazard ratio and trend for cardiovascular-cause mortality were not significant. Conclusions This study showed that C1 of the radial pulse wave is correlated with cardiovascular events. Survival analysis showed that C1 value is an independent predictor of ACE and SCAD in asymptomatic patients with T2DM. Thus, screening for the first harmonic of the radial pulse may improve the risk stratification of cardiac events and SCAD in asymptomatic patients although they had no history of coronary artery disease or angina-related symptom.
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Gerringer JW, Wagner JC, Vélez-Rendón D, Valdez-Jasso D. Lumped-parameter models of the pulmonary vasculature during the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Physiol Rep 2018; 6. [PMID: 29411543 PMCID: PMC5901176 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.13586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2017] [Revised: 12/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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A longitudinal study of monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was carried out in Sprague-Dawley rats to investigate the changes in impedance (comprising resistance and compliance) produced by elevated blood pressure. Using invasively measured blood flow as an input, blood pressure was predicted using 3- and 4-element Windkessel (3WK, 4WK) type lumped-parameter models. Resistance, compliance, and inductance model parameters were obtained for the five different treatment groups via least-squares errors. The treated animals reached levels of hypertension, where blood pressure increased two folds from control to chronic stage of PAH (mean pressure went from 24 ± 5 to 44 ± 6 mmHg, P < 0.0001) but blood flow remained overall unaffected. Like blood pressure, the wave-reflection coefficient significantly increased at the advanced stage of PAH (0.26 ± 0.09 to 0.52 ± 0.09, P < 0.0002). Our modeling efforts revealed that resistances and compliance changed during the disease progression, where changes in compliance occur before the changes in resistance. However, resistance and compliance are not directly inversely related. As PAH develops, resistances increase nonlinearly (Rd exponentially and R at a slower rate) while compliance linearly decreases. And while 3WK and 4WK models capture the pressure-flow relation in the pulmonary vasculature during PAH, results from Akaike Information Criterion and sensitivity analysis allow us to conclude that the 3WK is the most robust and accurate model for this system. Ninety-five percent confidence intervals of the predicted model parameters are included for the population studied. This work establishes insight into the complex remodeling process occurring in PAH.
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- Jesse W Gerringer
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California
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Understanding the causes and progression of heart disease presents a significant challenge to the biomedical community. The genetic flexibility of the mouse provides great potential to explore cardiac function at the molecular level. The mouse's small size does present some challenges in regards to performing detailed cardiac phenotyping. Miniaturization and other advancements in technology have made many methods of cardiac assessment possible in the mouse. Of these, the simultaneous collection of pressure and volume data provides a detailed picture of cardiac function that is not available through any other modality. Here a detailed procedure for the collection of pressure-volume loop data is described. Included is a discussion of the principles underlying the measurements and the potential sources of error. Anesthetic management and surgical approaches are discussed in great detail as they are both critical to obtaining high quality hemodynamic measurements. The principles of hemodynamic protocol development and relevant aspects of data analysis are also addressed.
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- DeWayne Townsend
- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota;
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Shao Q, Cheng HJ, Callahan MF, Kitzman DW, Li WM, Cheng CP. Overexpression myocardial inducible nitric oxide synthase exacerbates cardiac dysfunction and beta-adrenergic desensitization in experimental hypothyroidism. Int J Cardiol 2015; 204:229-41. [PMID: 26681542 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND Altered nitric oxide synthase (NOS) has been implicated in the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF). Recent evidence links hypothyroidism to the pathology of HF. However, the precise mechanisms are incompletely understood. The alterations and functional effects of cardiac NOS in hypothyroidism are unknown. We tested the hypothesis that hypothyroidism increases cardiomyocyte inducible NOS (iNOS) expression, which plays an important role in hypothyroidism-induced depression of cardiomyocyte contractile properties, [Ca(2+)]i transient ([Ca(2+)]iT), and β-adrenergic hyporesponsiveness. METHODS AND RESULTS We simultaneously evaluated LV functional performance and compared myocyte three NOS, β-adrenergic receptors (AR) and SERCA2a expressions and assessed cardiomyocyte contractile and [Ca(2+)]iT responses to β-AR stimulation with and without pretreatment of iNOS inhibitor (1400 W, 10(-5)mol/L) in 26 controls and 26 rats with hypothyroidism induced by methimazole (~30 mg/kg/day for 8 weeks in the drinking water). Compared with controls, in hypothyroidism, total serum T3 and T4 were significantly reduced followed by significantly decreased LV contractility (EES) with increased LV time constant of relaxation. These LV abnormalities were accompanied by concomitant significant decreases in myocyte contraction (dL/dtmax), relaxation (dR/dtmax), and [Ca(2+)]iT. In hypothyroidism, isoproterenol (10(-8)M) produced significantly smaller increases in dL/dtmax, dR/dtmax and [Ca(2+)]iT. These changes were associated with decreased β1-AR and SERCA2a, but significantly increased iNOS. Moreover, only in hypothyroidism, pretreatment with iNOS inhibitor significantly improved basal and isoproterenol-stimulated myocyte contraction, relaxation and [Ca(2+)]iT. CONCLUSIONS Hypothyroidism produces intrinsic defects of LV myocyte force-generating capacity and relaxation with β-AR desensitization. Up-regulation of cardiomyocyte iNOS may promote progressive cardiac dysfunction in hypothyroidism.
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- Qun Shao
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States; Wake Forest, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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- Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China; Section on Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States.
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Nandlall SD, GoldKlang MP, Kalashian A, Dangra NA, D’Armiento JM, Konofagou EE. Monitoring and staging abdominal aortic aneurysm disease with pulse wave imaging. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2014; 40:2404-14. [PMID: 25130446 PMCID: PMC4157953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2014.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 03/31/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a silent and often deadly vascular disease caused by the localized weakening of the arterial wall. Previous work has indicated that local changes in wall stiffness can be detected with pulse wave imaging (PWI), which is a non-invasive technique for tracking the propagation of pulse waves along the aorta at high spatial and temporal resolutions. The aim of this study was to assess the capability of PWI to monitor and stage AAA progression in a murine model of the disease. ApoE/TIMP-1 knockout mice (N = 18) were given angiotensin II for 30 days via subcutaneously implanted osmotic pumps. The suprarenal sections of the abdominal aortas were imaged every 2-3 d after implantation using a 30-MHz VisualSonics Vevo 770 with 15-μm lateral resolution. Pulse wave propagation was monitored at an effective frame rate of 8 kHz by using retrospective electrocardiogram gating and by performing 1-D cross-correlation on the radiofrequency signals to obtain the displacements induced by the waves. In normal aortas, the pulse waves propagated at constant velocities (2.8 ± 0.9 m/s, r(2) = 0.89 ± 0.11), indicating that the composition of these vessels was relatively homogeneous. In the mice that developed AAAs (N = 10), the wave speeds in the aneurysm sac were 45% lower (1.6 ± 0.6 m/s) and were more variable (r(2) = 0.66 ± 0.23). Moreover, the wave-induced wall displacements were at least 80% lower within the sacs compared with the surrounding vessel. Finally, in mice that developed fissures (N = 5) or ruptures (N = 3) at the sites of their AAA, higher displacements directed out of the lumen and with no discernible wave pattern (r(2) < 0.20) were observed throughout the cardiac cycle. These findings indicate that PWI can be used to distinguish normal murine aortas from aneurysmal, fissured and ruptured ones. Hence, PWI could potentially be used to monitor and stage human aneurysms by providing information complementary to standard B-mode ultrasound.
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- Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Corresponding Author: Elisa Konofagou, Department of Biomedical
Engineering, Columbia University, 1210 Amsterdam Ave, ET 351, MC 8904, New York, NY
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Morgan EE, Casabianca AB, Khouri SJ, Kalinoski ALN. In vivo assessment of arterial stiffness in the isoflurane anesthetized spontaneously hypertensive rat. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2014; 12:37. [PMID: 25227282 PMCID: PMC4245200 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-12-37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 09/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Rodent models are increasingly used to study the development and progression of arterial stiffness. Both the non-invasive Doppler derived Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) and the invasively determined arterial elastance index (EaI) have been used to assess arterial stiffness in rats and mice, but the need for anesthetic agents to make these in vivo estimates may limit their utility. Thus, we sought to determine: 1) if known differences in arterial stiffness in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) are detectable by PWV and EaI measurements when made under isoflurane anesthesia, and 2) if these two uniquely acquired assessments of arterial elasticity correlate. Methods We obtained PWV and EaI measurements in isoflurane anesthetized young and old SHRs, which are known to have significant differences in arterial stiffness. Doppler pulse waves were recorded from carotid and iliac arteries and the distance (D) between probe applantation sites was recorded. Simultaneously, an EKG was obtained, and the time intervals between the R-wave of the EKG to the foot of the Doppler waveforms were measured and averaged over three cardiac cycles. Pulse-transit time (T) of the carotid to iliac artery was determined, and PWV was calculated as Distance (D)/Time (T), where D = the distance from the carotid to the iliac notch and T = (R to iliac foot) - (R to carotid foot). EaI was subsequently determined from pressure volumes loops obtained via left ventricle catheterization. Results PWV and EaI were found to be significantly faster in the older rats (13.2 ± 2.0 vs. 8.0 ± 0.8 m/sec, p < 0.001; 120 ± 20 vs. 97 ± 16 mmHg/μl/g, p <0.05). Bland-Altman analyses of intra- and inter-observer measures demonstrate a statistically significant relationship between readings (p < 0.0001). PWV and EaI measurements were found to be significantly and positively correlated with a correlation coefficient of 0.53 (p < 0.05). Conclusion Our study suggests that isoflurane administration does not limit Doppler PWV or EaI measures in their ability to provide accurate, in vivo assessments of relative arterial stiffness in isoflurane anesthetised SHR rats. Furthermore, PWV data obtained in these rats correlate well with invasively determined EaI.
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- Department of Surgery, University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, 3000 Arlington Ave,, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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Biais M, Calderon J, Pernot M, Barandon L, Couffinhal T, Ouattara A, Sztark F. Predicting fluid responsiveness during infrarenal aortic cross-clamping in pigs. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2013; 27:1101-7. [PMID: 24060469 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Infrarenal aortic cross-clamping (ACC) induces hemodynamic disturbances that may affect respiratory-induced variations in stroke volume and, therefore, affect the ability of dynamic parameters such as pulse-pressure variation (PPV) to predict fluid responsiveness. Since this issue has not been investigated yet to authors' knowledge, the hypothesis was tested that ACC may change PPV and impair its ability to predict fluid responsiveness. DESIGN Prospective laboratory experiment. SETTING A university research laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Nineteen anesthetized and mechanically ventilated pigs. INTERVENTIONS Two courses of volume expansion were performed using 500 mL of saline before and during ACC. Animals were monitored using a systemic arterial catheter, and a pulmonary arterial catheter (stroke volume, central venous pressure, pulmonary arterial occlusion pressure). Animals were defined as responders to volume expansion if stroke volume increased ≥ 15%. RESULTS Before ACC, 13 animals were responders. Fluid responsiveness was predicted by a PPV ≥ 14% with a sensitivity of 77% (95% CI = 46%-95%) and a specificity of 83% (95% CI = 36%-97%). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.90(95% CI = 0.67-0.99) and was higher than those generated for central venous pressure and pulmonary arterial occlusion pressure. ACC induced an increase in PPV (p<0.0005). During ACC, 8 animals were responders. An 18% PPV threshold discriminated between responders and non-responders to volume expansion, with a sensitivity of 87% (95% CI = 47%-98%) and a specificity of 54% (95% CI = 23%-83%). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.72 (95% CI = 0.47-0.90) and was not different from those generated for central venous pressure and pulmonary arterial occlusion pressure. CONCLUSIONS ACC induced a significant increase in PPV and reduced its ability to predict fluid responsiveness.
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- Matthieu Biais
- Emergency Department, University Hospital of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France; Cardiovascular Adaptation to Ischemia, National Institute of Health and Medical Research, INSERM U1034, Pessac, France; Cardiovascular Adaptation to Ischemia, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France.
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Land S, Niederer SA, Aronsen JM, Espe EKS, Zhang L, Louch WE, Sjaastad I, Sejersted OM, Smith NP. An analysis of deformation-dependent electromechanical coupling in the mouse heart. J Physiol 2012; 590:4553-69. [PMID: 22615436 PMCID: PMC3477757 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.231928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 05/17/2012] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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To investigate the effects of the coupling between excitation and contraction on whole-organ function, we have developed a novel biophysically based multiscale electromechanical model of the murine heart. Through comparison with a comprehensive in vivo experimental data set, we show good agreement with pressure and volume measurements at both physiological temperatures and physiological pacing frequencies. This whole-organ model was used to investigate the effects of material and haemodynamic properties introduced at the tissue level, as well as emergent function of our novel cell contraction model. Through a comprehensive sensitivity analysis at both the cellular and whole organ level, we demonstrate the sensitivity of the model's results to its parameters and the constraining effect of experimental data. These results demonstrate the fundamental importance of length- and velocity-dependent feedback to the cellular scale for whole-organ function, and we show that a strong velocity dependence of tension is essential for explaining the differences between measured single cell tension and whole-organ pressure transients.
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- Sander Land
- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Konofagou E, Lee WN, Luo J, Provost J, Vappou J. Physiologic cardiovascular strain and intrinsic wave imaging. Annu Rev Biomed Eng 2012; 13:477-505. [PMID: 21756144 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease remains the primary killer worldwide. The heart, essentially an electrically driven mechanical pump, alters its mechanical and electrical properties to compensate for loss of normal mechanical and electrical function. The same adjustment also is performed in the vessels, which constantly adapt their properties to accommodate mechanical and geometrical changes related to aging or disease. Real-time, quantitative assessment of cardiac contractility, conduction, and vascular function before the specialist can visually detect it could be feasible. This new physiologic data could open up interactive therapy regimens that are currently not considered. The eventual goal of this technology is to provide a specific method for estimating the position and severity of contraction defects in cardiac infarcts or angina. This would improve care and outcomes as well as detect stiffness changes and overcome the current global measurement limitations in the progression of vascular disease, at little more cost or risk than that of a clinical ultrasound.
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- Elisa Konofagou
- Ultrasound and Elasticity Imaging Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY 10023, USA.
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Constantinides C, Angeli S, Kossivas F, Ktorides P. Underestimation of Murine Cardiac Hemodynamics Using Invasive Catheters: Errors, Limitations, and Remedies. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13239-012-0084-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Wang Z, Chesler NC. Pulmonary vascular wall stiffness: An important contributor to the increased right ventricular afterload with pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ 2011; 1:212-23. [PMID: 22034607 PMCID: PMC3198648 DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.83453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with structural and mechanical changes in the pulmonary vascular bed that increase right ventricular (RV) afterload. These changes, characterized by narrowing and stiffening, occur in both proximal and distal pulmonary arteries (PAs). An important consequence of arterial narrowing is increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). Arterial stiffening, which can occur in both the proximal and distal pulmonary arteries, is an important index of disease progression and is a significant contributor to increased RV afterload in PH. In particular, arterial narrowing and stiffening increase the RV afterload by increasing steady and oscillatory RV work, respectively. Here we review the current state of knowledge of the causes and consequences of pulmonary arterial stiffening in PH and its impact on RV function. We review direct and indirect techniques for measuring proximal and distal pulmonary arterial stiffness, measures of arterial stiffness including elastic modulus, incremental elastic modulus, stiffness coefficient β and others, the changes in cellular function and the extracellular matrix proteins that contribute to pulmonary arterial stiffening, the consequences of PA stiffening for RV function and the clinical implications of pulmonary vascular stiffening for PH progression. Future investigation of the relationship between PA stiffening and RV dysfunction may facilitate new therapies aimed at improving RV function and thus ultimately reducing mortality in PH.
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- Zhijie Wang
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Constantinides C, Angeli SI, Mean RJ. Murine cardiac catheterizations and hemodynamics: on the issue of parallel conductance. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng 2011; 58:3260-8. [PMID: 21900070 DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2011.2167147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Catheter-based measurements are extensively used nowadays in animal models to quantify global left ventricular (LV) cardiac function and hemodynamics. Conductance catheter measurements yield estimates of LV volumes. Such estimates, however, are confounded by the catheter's nonhomogeneous emission field and the contribution to the total conductance of surrounding tissue or blood conductance values (other than LV blood), a term often known as parallel conductance. In practice, in most studies, volume estimates are based on the assumptions that the catheter's electric field is homogeneous and that parallel conductance is constant, despite prior results showing that these assumptions are incorrect. This study challenges the assumption for spatial homogeneity of electric field excitation of miniature catheters and investigated the electric field distribution of miniature catheters in the murine heart, based on cardiac model-driven (geometric, lump component) simulations and noninvasive imaging, at both systolic and diastolic cardiac phases. Results confirm the nonuniform catheter emission field, confined spatially within the LV cavity and myocardium, falling to 10% of its peak value at the ring electrode surface, within 1.1-2.0 mm, given a relative tissue permittivity of 33,615. Additionally, <1% of power leaks were observed into surrounding cavities or organs at end-diastole. Temporally varying parallel conductance effects are also confirmed, becoming more prominent at end-systole.
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Cingolani OH, Pérez NG, Ennis IL, Alvarez MC, Mosca SM, Schinella GR, Escudero EM, Cónsole G, Cingolani HE. In vivo key role of reactive oxygen species and NHE-1 activation in determining excessive cardiac hypertrophy. Pflugers Arch 2011; 462:733-43. [PMID: 21870055 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-011-1020-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 08/12/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Growing in vitro evidence suggests NHE-1, a known target for reactive oxygen species (ROS), as a key mediator in cardiac hypertrophy (CH). Moreover, NHE-1 inhibition was shown effective in preventing CH and failure; so has been the case for AT1 receptor (AT1R) blockers. Previous experiments indicate that myocardial stretch promotes angiotensin II release and post-translational NHE-1 activation; however, in vivo data supporting this mechanism and its long-term consequences are scanty. In this work, we thought of providing in vivo evidence linking AT1R with ROS and NHE-1 activation in mediating CH. CH was induced in mice by TAC. A group of animals was treated with the AT1R blocker losartan. Cardiac contractility was assessed by echocardiography and pressure-volume loop hemodynamics. After 7 weeks, TAC increased left ventricular (LV) mass by ~45% vs. sham and deteriorated LV systolic function. CH was accompanied by activation of the redox-sensitive kinase p90(RSK) with the consequent increase in NHE-1 phosphorylation. Losartan prevented p90(RSK) and NHE-1 phosphorylation, ameliorated CH and restored cardiac function despite decreased LV wall thickness and similar LV systolic pressures and diastolic dimensions (increased LV wall stress). In conclusion, AT1R blockade prevented excessive oxidative stress, p90(RSK) and NHE-1 phosphorylation, and decreased CH independently of hemodynamic changes. In addition, cardiac performance improved despite a higher work load.
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- Oscar H Cingolani
- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, 720 Rutland Avenue, Ross 835, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Heart disease is the leading health problem of industrialized countries. The development of gene therapies tailored towards the heart has grown exponentially over the past decade. Murine models of heart diseases have played a pivotal role in testing novel cardiac gene therapy approaches. Unfortunately, the small body size and rapid heart rate of mice present a great challenge to heart function evaluation. Here we outline the commonly used cardiac phenotyping methods of treadmill exercise regimen, full 12-lead electrocardiographic assay and left ventricular catheterization hemodynamic assay. Application of these protocols will allow critical testing of gene therapy efficacy in mouse models of heart diseases.
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- Brian Bostick
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO, USA
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Shioura KM, Farjah M, Geenen DL, Solaro RJ, Goldspink PH. Myofilament calcium sensitization delays decompensated hypertrophy differently between the sexes following myocardial infarction. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2010; 300:R361-8. [PMID: 21106909 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00321.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Contractile dysfunction is common to many forms of cardiovascular disease. Approaches directed at enhancing cardiac contractility at the level of the myofilaments during heart failure (HF) may provide a means to improve overall cardiovascular function. We are interested in gender-based differences in cardiac function and the effect of sarcomere activation agents that increase contractility. Thus, we studied the effect of gender and time on integrated arterial-ventricular function (A-V relationship) following myocardial infarction (MI). In addition, transgenic mice that overexpress the slow skeletal troponin I isoform were used to determine the impact of increased myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity following MI. Based on pressure-volume (P-V) loop measurements, we used derived parameters of cardiovascular function to reveal the effects of sex, time, and increased myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity among groups of post-MI mice. Analysis of the A-V relationship revealed that the initial increase was similar between the sexes, but the vascular unloading of the heart served to delay the decompensated stage in females. Conversely, the vascular response at 6 and 10 wk post-MI in males contributed to the continuous decline in cardiovascular function. Increasing the myofilament Ca(2+) sensitivity appeared to provide sufficient contractile support to improve contractile function in both male and female transgenic mice. However, the improved contractile function was more beneficial in males as the concurrent vascular response contributed to a delayed decompensated stage in female transgenic mice post-MI. This study represents a quantitative approach to integrating the vascular-ventricular relationship to provide meaningful and diagnostic value following MI. Consequently, the data provide a basis for understanding how the A-V relationship is coupled between males and females and the enhanced ability of the cardiovascular system to tolerate pathophysiological stresses associated with HF in females.
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- Krystyna M Shioura
- Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Tabima DM, Hacker TA, Chesler NC. Measuring right ventricular function in the normal and hypertensive mouse hearts using admittance-derived pressure-volume loops. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2010; 299:H2069-75. [PMID: 20935149 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00805.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mice are a widely used animal model for investigating cardiovascular disease. Novel technologies have been used to quantify left ventricular function in this species, but techniques appropriate for determining right ventricular (RV) function are less well demonstrated. Detecting RV dysfunction is critical to assessing the progression of pulmonary vascular diseases such as pulmonary hypertension. We used an admittance catheter to measure pressure-volume loops in anesthetized, open-chested mice before and during vena cava occlusion. Mice exposed to chronic hypoxia for 10 days, which causes hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (HPH), were compared with control (CTL) mice. HPH resulted in a 27.9% increase in RV mass (P < 0.005), a 67.5% increase in RV systolic pressure (P < 0.005), and a 61.2% decrease in cardiac output (P < 0.05). Preload recruitable stroke work (PRSW) and slope of the maximum derivative of pressure (dP/dt(max))-end-diastolic volume (EDV) relationship increased with HPH (P < 0.05). Although HPH increased effective arterial elastance (E(a)) over fivefold (from 2.7 ± 1.2 to 16.4 ± 2.5 mmHg/μl), only a mild increase in the ventricular end-systolic elastance (E(es)) was observed. As a result, a dramatic decrease in the efficiency of ventricular-vascular coupling occurred (E(es)/E(a) decreased from 0.71 ± 0.27 to 0.35 ± 0.17; P < 0.005). Changes in cardiac reserve were evaluated by dobutamine infusion. In CTL mice, dobutamine significantly enhanced E(es) and dP/dt(max)-EDV but also increased E(a), causing a decrease in E(es)/E(a). In HPH mice, slight but nonsignificant decreases in E(es), PRSW, dP/dt(max)-EDV, and E(a) were observed. Thus 10 days of HPH resulted in RV hypertrophy, ventricular-vascular decoupling, and a mild decrease in RV contractile reserve. This study demonstrates the feasibility of obtaining RV pressure-volume measurements in mice. These measurements provide insight into ventricular-vascular interactions healthy and diseased states.
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- Diana M Tabima
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1609, USA
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Abi-Abdallah D, Drochon A, Robin V, Fokapu O. Pulsed magnetohydrodynamic blood flow in a rigid vessel under physiological pressure gradient. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2009; 12:445-58. [DOI: 10.1080/10255840802687384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lankhaar JW, Rövekamp FA, Steendijk P, Faes TJC, Westerhof BE, Kind T, Vonk-Noordegraaf A, Westerhof N. Modeling the instantaneous pressure-volume relation of the left ventricle: a comparison of six models. Ann Biomed Eng 2009; 37:1710-26. [PMID: 19554450 PMCID: PMC3233835 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9742-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Simulations are useful to study the heart's ability to generate flow and the interaction between contractility and loading conditions. The left ventricular pressure-volume (PV) relation has been shown to be nonlinear, but it is unknown whether a linear model is accurate enough for simulations. Six models were fitted to the PV-data measured in five sheep and the estimated parameters were used to simulate PV-loops. Simulated and measured PV-loops were compared with the Akaike information criterion (AIC) and the Hamming distance, a measure for geometric shape similarity. The compared models were: a time-varying elastance model with fixed volume intercept (LinFix); a time-varying elastance model with varying volume intercept (LinFree); a Langewouter's pressure-dependent elasticity model (Langew); a sigmoidal model (Sigm); a time-varying elastance model with a systolic flow-dependent resistance (Shroff) and a model with a linear systolic and an exponential diastolic relation (Burkh). Overall, the best model is LinFree (lowest AIC), closely followed by Langew. The remaining models rank: Sigm, Shroff, LinFix and Burkh. If only the shape of the PV-loops is important, all models perform nearly identically (Hamming distance between 20 and 23%). For realistic simulation of the instantaneous PV-relation a linear model suffices.
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- Jan-Willem Lankhaar
- Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Maloyan A, Osinska H, Lammerding J, Lee RT, Cingolani OH, Kass DA, Lorenz JN, Robbins J. Biochemical and mechanical dysfunction in a mouse model of desmin-related myopathy. Circ Res 2009; 104:1021-8. [PMID: 19299643 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.193516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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An R120G mutation in alphaB-crystallin (CryAB(R120G)) causes desmin-related myopathy (DRM). In mice with cardiomyocyte-specific expression of the mutation, CryAB(R120G)-mediated DRM is characterized by CryAB and desmin accumulations within cardiac muscle, mitochondrial deficiencies, activation of apoptosis, and heart failure (HF). Excessive production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is often a hallmark of HF and treatment with antioxidants can sometimes prevent the progression of HF in terms of contractile dysfunction and cardiomyocyte survival. It is unknown whether blockade of ROS is beneficial for protein misfolding diseases such as DRM. We addressed this question by blocking the activity of xanthine oxidase (XO), a superoxide-generating enzyme that is upregulated in our model of DRM. The XO inhibitor oxypurinol was administered to CryAB(R120G) mice for a period of 1 or 3 months. Mitochondrial function was dramatically improved in treated animals in terms of complex I activity and conservation of mitochondrial membrane potential. Oxypurinol also largely restored normal mitochondrial morphology. Surprisingly, however, cardiac contractile function and cardiac compliance were unimproved, indicating that the contractile deficit might be independent of mitochondrial dysfunction and the initiation of apoptosis. Using magnetic bead microrheology at the single cardiomyocyte level, we demonstrated that sarcomeric disarray and accumulation of the physical aggregates resulted in significant changes in the cytoskeletal mechanical properties in the CryAB(R120G) cardiomyocytes. Our findings indicate that oxypurinol treatment largely prevented mitochondrial deficiency in DRM but that contractility was not improved because of mechanical deficits in passive cytoskeletal stiffness.
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- Alina Maloyan
- Division of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Ohio 45229-3039, USA
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Winter EM, Grauss RW, Atsma DE, Hogers B, Poelmann RE, van der Geest RJ, Tschöpe C, Schalij MJ, Gittenberger-de Groot AC, Steendijk P. Left ventricular function in the post-infarct failing mouse heart by magnetic resonance imaging and conductance catheter: a comparative analysis. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2008; 194:111-22. [PMID: 18419776 DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01863.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM Murine myocardial infarction (MI) models are increasingly used in heart failure studies. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pressure-volume loops by conductance catheter (CC) enable physiological phenotyping. We performed a comparative analysis of MRI vs. CC to assess left ventricular (LV) function in the failing mouse heart. METHODS MI was created by LAD ligation. MRI (day 14) and CC (day 15) were used to determine LV end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV) and ejection fraction (EF). RESULTS Pooled data yielded moderate-to-strong linear correlations: EDV: R = 0.61; ESV: R = 0.72; EF: R = 0.81. We analysed three groups, no MI (sham, n = 10), small MI (<30% of LV, n = 14) and large MI (>30%, n = 20). Volumes and EF were consistently lower by CC than by MRI, but group differences were evident for both techniques. Receiver-operating characteristic analysis indicated good sensitivity and specificity for both techniques, with superior results for MRI. CONCLUSIONS CC and MRI are highly valuable for evaluation of LV volume and function. MRI is recommended for longitudinal studies, accurate absolute volumes and anatomical information. Unique features of CC are its online signal with high temporal resolution, and advanced analysis of LV function and energetics.
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- E M Winter
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Rex S, Missant C, Claus P, Buhre W, Wouters PF. Effects of inhaled iloprost on right ventricular contractility, right ventriculo-vascular coupling and ventricular interdependence: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in an experimental model of acute pulmonary hypertension. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2008; 12:R113. [PMID: 18783596 PMCID: PMC2592739 DOI: 10.1186/cc7005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2008] [Revised: 07/29/2008] [Accepted: 09/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Introduction Prostacyclin inhalation is increasingly used to treat acute pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure, although its pharmacodynamic properties remain controversial. Prostacyclins not only affect vasomotor tone but may also have cAMP-mediated positive inotropic effects and modulate autonomic nervous system tone. We studied the role of these different mechanisms in the overall haemodynamic effects produced by iloprost inhalation in an experimental model of acute pulmonary hypertension. Methods In this prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled animal study, twenty-six pigs (mean weight 35 ± 2 kg) were instrumented with biventricular conductance catheters, a pulmonary artery flow probe and a high-fidelity pulmonary artery pressure catheter. The effects of inhaled iloprost (50 μg) were studied in the following groups: animals with acute hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension, and healthy animals with and without blockade of the autonomic nervous system. Results During pulmonary hypertension, inhalation of iloprost resulted in a 51% increase in cardiac output compared with placebo (5.6 ± 0.7 versus 3.7 ± 0.8 l/minute; P = 0.0013), a selective reduction in right ventricular afterload (effective pulmonary arterial elastance: 0.6 ± 0.3 versus 1.2 ± 0.5 mmHg/ml; P = 0.0005) and a significant increase in left ventricular end-diastolic volume (91 ± 12 versus 70 ± 20 ml; P = 0.006). Interestingly, right ventricular contractility was reduced after iloprost-treatment (slope of preload recruitable stroke work: 2.2 ± 0.5 versus 3.4 ± 0.8 mWatt·s/ml; P = 0.0002), whereas ventriculo-vascular coupling remained essentially preserved (ratio of right ventricular end-systolic elastance to effective pulmonary arterial elastance: 0.97 ± 0.33 versus 1.03 ± 0.15). In healthy animals, inhaled iloprost had only minimal haemodynamic effects and produced no direct effects on myocardial contractility, even after pharmacological blockade of the autonomic nervous system. Conclusions In animals with acute pulmonary hypertension, inhaled iloprost improved global haemodynamics primarily via selective pulmonary vasodilatation and restoration of left ventricular preload. The reduction in right ventricular afterload is associated with a paradoxical decrease in right ventricular contractility. Our data suggest that this reflects an indirect mechanism by which ventriculo-vascular coupling is maintained at the lowest possible energetic cost. We found no evidence for a direct negative inotropic effect of iloprost.
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- Steffen Rex
- Department of Acute Medical Sciences, Centre for Experimental Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, Catholic University Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Shioura KM, Geenen DL, Goldspink PH. Sex-related changes in cardiac function following myocardial infarction in mice. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2008; 295:R528-34. [PMID: 18550865 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.90342.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Recent awareness of cardiovascular diseases as a number one killer of the middle-aged women has prompted interest in sex differences leading to heart failure (HF). Therefore, we evaluated cardiac function in female and male mice following myocardial infarction (MI) using the Millar pressure-volume (P-V) conductance system in vivo, at time points corresponding to early (2 wk), late compensatory hypertrophy (4 wk), and decompensation (10 wk) to HF. A significant deterioration of the load dependent and independent hemodynamic measurements occurred in both female and male mice during the early phase of hypertrophy. Later, compensatory hypertrophy was marked by a normalization of volumes to control levels in females compared with males. The most notable differences between sexes occurred in the measurements of cardiac contractility during the decompensation to HF. In females, there was a significant improvement in contractility compared with males, which was apparent in the load-independent measurements of preload recruitable stroke work (10 wk post-MI, female=48.7+/-8.0 vs. male=25.2+/-1.8 mmHg, P<0.05) and maximum dP/dt vs. maximum end-diastolic volume (10 wk post-MI, female=359+/-58 vs. male=149+/-28 mmHg.s(-1).microl(-1), P<0.05). Despite these differences, there were no differences in the heart weight to body weight ratio and infarct size between the sexes. These data demonstrate that compensatory hypertrophy is associated with an improvement in contractility and a delayed decompensation to HF in females. However, compensatory hypertrophy in males appears to be undermined by a steady decline in contractility associated with decompensation to HF.
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- Krystyna M Shioura
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine/Section of Cardiology, 840 S. Wood St., M/C 715 Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Westerhof N, Lankhaar JW, Westerhof BE. The arterial Windkessel. Med Biol Eng Comput 2008; 47:131-41. [PMID: 18543011 DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0359-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 567] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2007] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Frank's Windkessel model described the hemodynamics of the arterial system in terms of resistance and compliance. It explained aortic pressure decay in diastole, but fell short in systole. Therefore characteristic impedance was introduced as a third element of the Windkessel model. Characteristic impedance links the lumped Windkessel to transmission phenomena (e.g., wave travel). Windkessels are used as hydraulic load for isolated hearts and in studies of the entire circulation. Furthermore, they are used to estimate total arterial compliance from pressure and flow; several of these methods are reviewed. Windkessels describe the general features of the input impedance, with physiologically interpretable parameters. Since it is a lumped model it is not suitable for the assessment of spatially distributed phenomena and aspects of wave travel, but it is a simple and fairly accurate approximation of ventricular afterload.
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- Nico Westerhof
- Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, ICaR-VU, VU University Medical Center, van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Pokreisz P, Marsboom G, Janssens S. Pressure overload-induced right ventricular dysfunction and remodelling in experimental pulmonary hypertension: the right heart revisited. Eur Heart J Suppl 2007. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/sum021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Shioura KM, Geenen DL, Goldspink PH. Assessment of cardiac function with the pressure-volume conductance system following myocardial infarction in mice. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H2870-7. [PMID: 17720769 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00585.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is a major cause of heart failure (HF) with the progressive worsening of cardiac performance due to structural and functional alterations. Therefore, we studied cardiac function in adult mice following MI using the Millar pressure-volume (P-V) conductance catheter system in vivo during the later phase of compensatory remodeling and decompensation to HF. We evaluated load-dependent and -independent parameters in control and 2-, 4-, 6-, and 10-wk post-MI mice and integrated changes in function with changes in gene expression. Our results indicated a significant deterioration of cardiac function in post-MI mice over time, reflected first by systolic dysfunction, followed by a transient improvement before further decline in both systolic and diastolic function. Associated with the function and adaptive remodeling were transient changes in fetal gene and extracellular matrix gene expression. However, undermining the compensatory remodeling response was a continual decline in cardiac contractility, which promoted the transition into failure. Our study provided a scheme of integrated cardiac function and gene expression changes occurring during the adaptive and maladaptive response of the heart independent of systemic vascular properties during the transition to HF following MI in mice. P-V loop analysis was used to quantitatively evaluate the gradual deterioration in cardiac function post-MI. P-V loop analysis was found to be an appropriate method for assessment of global cardiac function under varying load-dependent and -independent conditions in the murine model with many similarities to data obtained from larger animals and humans.
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- Krystyna M Shioura
- The Center for Cardiovascular Research, Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Fujikura K, Luo J, Gamarnik V, Pernot M, Fukumoto R, Tilson MD, Konofagou EE. A novel noninvasive technique for pulse-wave imaging and characterization of clinically-significant vascular mechanical properties in vivo. ULTRASONIC IMAGING 2007; 29:137-154. [PMID: 18092671 DOI: 10.1177/016173460702900301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The pulse-wave velocity (PWV) has been used as an indicator of vascular stiffness, which can be an early predictor of cardiovascular mortality. A noninvasive, easily applicable method for detecting the regional pulse wave (PW) may contribute as a future modality for risk assessment. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility and reproducibility of PW imaging (PWI) during propagation along the abdominal aortic wall by acquiring electrocardiography-gated (ECG-gated) radiofrequency (rf) signals noninvasively. An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was induced using a CaCl2 model in order to investigate the utility of this novel method for detecting disease. The abdominal aortas of twelve normal and five CaCl2 mice were scanned at 30 MHz and electrocardiography (ECG) was acquired simultaneously. The radial wall velocities were mapped with 8000 frames/s. Propagation of the PW was demonstrated in a color-coded ciné-loop format all cases. In the normal mice, the wave propagated in linear fashion from a proximal to a distal region. However, in CaCl2 mice, multiple waves were initiated from several regions (i.e., most likely initiated from various calcified regions within the aortic wall). The regional PWV in normal aortas was 2.70 +/- 0.54 m/s (r2 = 0.85 +/- 0.06, n = 12), which was in agreement with previous reports using conventional techniques. Although there was no statistical difference in the regional PWV between the normal and CaCl2-treated aortas (2.95 +/- 0.90 m/s (r2 = 0.51 +/- 0.22, n = 5)), the correlation coefficient was found to be significantly lower in the CaCl2-treated aortas (p < 0.01). This state-of-the-art technique allows noninvasive mapping of vascular disease in vivo. In future clinical applications, it may contribute to the detection of early stages of cardiovascular disease, which may decrease mortality among high-risk patients.
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- Kana Fujikura
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, 1210 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Xu Q, Ming Z, Dart AM, Du XJ. OPTIMIZING DOSAGE OF KETAMINE AND XYLAZINE IN MURINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34:499-507. [PMID: 17439422 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2007.04601.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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1. Ketamine and xylazine (KX) mixture is the most commonly used anaesthetic drug during echocardiography in mice to induce sedation and immobility. Nevertheless, the doses of KX reported in the literature vary substantially with associated significant difference in cardiac function. To explore the optimal KX dosage and observation time for murine echocardiography, we compared the effects of various KX combinations on echocardiographic measurement. 2. Mice were anaesthetized with ketamine (50 or 100 mg/kg) and xylazine (0-10 mg/kg). Echocardiography was performed 5, 10, 20 and 40 min after induction of anaesthesia. Also, cardiac function was assessed in mice with and without pressure-overload induced left ventricle (LV) hypertrophy and dysfunction, either under anaesthesia with KX or whilst conscious. 3. Ketamine at 100 mg/kg alone or together with xylazine at 0.1 mg/kg was associated with a high and stable heart rate (HR), a high fractional shortening (FS) and produced the least effect on LV inner dimension at end of diastole (LVIDd). Ketamine and xylazine at 100 and 10 mg/kg, respectively, produced a lower and stable FS, but with a low and unstable HR. All other combinations resulted in depressed and unstable cardiac function during this period. 4. The dose-dependent suppression of FS by xylazine was counteracted partly by ketamine. 5. Although in the chronic pressure-overload model LV hypertrophy can be detected accurately in both the anaesthetized or conscious state, systolic dysfunction was masked partially by higher doses of xylazine (2.5 or 10 mg/kg) combined with ketamine at 100 mg/kg. 6. With KX anaesthesia, both the dose of xylazine and the anaesthetic duration are critical in achieving an ideal condition for murine echocardiography. Ketamine at 100 mg/kg alone produces acceptable anaesthesia, stable cardiac function with a minimal depressant effect and is therefore recommended if single-dose anaesthetic is to be used.
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- Qi Xu
- Experimental Cardiology Laboratory, Baker Heart Research Institute and Alfred Heart Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Marsh SA, Powell PC, Agarwal A, Dell'Italia LJ, Chatham JC. Cardiovascular dysfunction in Zucker obese and Zucker diabetic fatty rats: role of hydronephrosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007; 293:H292-8. [PMID: 17351065 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01362.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Recent studies in our laboratory using the Zucker obese (ZO) and Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat models resulted in unexpectedly high mortality rates in all genotypes including healthy homozygous lean Zucker rats, possibly because of renal dysfunction. Therefore, we evaluated left ventricular (LV) and kidney morphology and function in young ZO, Zucker diabetic fatty obese (ZDFO), homozygous Zucker/ZDF lean (ZL), and Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. Hydronephrosis was evident in ZL, ZO, and ZDFO but not SD kidneys. ZDFO rats exhibited impaired LV shortening and relaxation with increased arterial stiffness. LV wall thickness was lower and LV end-systolic wall stress was higher in ZDFO compared with SD rats. Plasma ANG II was lower in ZO and ZDFO rats, which may be a result of reduced renal parenchyma with hydronephrosis; norepinephrine was higher in ZDFO rats than SD controls. Covariate analysis indicated that LV end-systolic wall stress was associated with renal dysfunction. The presence of hydronephrosis and its association with LV dysfunction potentially limits the ZDF model for study of the effects of diabetes on renal and cardiovascular function.
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- Susan A Marsh
- Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005, USA
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Rex S, Missant C, Segers P, Wouters PF. Thoracic epidural anesthesia impairs the hemodynamic response to acute pulmonary hypertension by deteriorating right ventricular-pulmonary arterial coupling. Crit Care Med 2007; 35:222-9. [PMID: 17095942 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000250357.35250.a2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Thoracic epidural anesthesia is increasingly used in critically ill patients. This analgesic technique was shown to decrease left ventricular contractility, but effects on right ventricular function have not been reported. A deterioration of right ventricular performance may be clinically relevant for patients with acute pulmonary hypertension, in which right ventricular function is an important determinant of outcome. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that thoracic epidural anesthesia decreases right ventricular contractility and limits its capacity to tolerate pulmonary hypertension. DESIGN Prospective, placebo-controlled study using an established model of acute pulmonary hypertension. SETTING University hospital laboratory. SUBJECTS A total of 14 pigs (mean weight, 35 +/- 2 kg). INTERVENTIONS After instrumentation with an epidural catheter, biventricular conductance catheters, a pulmonary flow probe, and a high-fidelity pulmonary pressure catheter, seven pigs received thoracic epidural anesthesia and seven pigs served as control. Hemodynamic measurements were performed in baseline conditions and after induction of pulmonary hypertension via hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (Fio2 of 0.15). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Ventricular contractility was assessed using load- and heart rate-independent variables. Right ventricular afterload was characterized with instantaneous pressure-flow measurements. In baseline conditions, thoracic epidural anesthesia decreased left but not right ventricular contractility. In untreated animals, pulmonary hypertension was associated with an increase in right ventricular contractility and cardiac output. Pretreatment with thoracic epidural anesthesia completely abolished the positive inotropic response to acute pulmonary hypertension. As a result, ventriculo-vascular coupling between the right ventricle and pulmonary-arterial system deteriorated, and cardiac output was significantly lower in animals with thoracic epidural anesthesia than in untreated controls during hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. CONCLUSIONS Thoracic epidural anesthesia inhibits the native positive inotropic response of the right ventricle to increased afterload and deteriorates the hemodynamic effects of acute pulmonary hypertension.
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- Steffen Rex
- Laboratory for Experimental Anesthesiology, Department of Acute Medical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Wu Y, Kovács SJ. Frequency-based analysis of the early rapid filling pressure-flow relation elucidates diastolic efficiency mechanisms. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H2942-9. [PMID: 16891406 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00259.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Stiffness- and relaxation-based diastolic function (DF) assessment can characterize the presence, severity, and mechanism of dysfunction. Although frequency-based characterization of arterial function is routine (input impedance, characteristic impedance, arterial wave reflection), DF assessment via frequency-based methods incorporating optimization/efficiency criteria is lacking. By definition, optimal filling maximizes (E wave) volume and minimizes "loss" at constant stored elastic strain energy (which initiates mechanical, recoil-driven filling). In thermodynamic terms, optimal filling delivers all oscillatory power (rate of work) at the lowest harmonic. To assess early rapid filling optimization, simultaneous micromanometric left ventricular pressure and echocardiographic transmitral flow (Doppler E wave) were Fourier analyzed in 31 subjects. A validated kinematic filling model provided closed-form expressions for E wave contours and model parameters. Relaxation-based DF impairment is indicated by prolonged E wave deceleration time (DT). Optimization was assessed via regression between the dimensionless ratio of 2nd (Q2) and 3rd flow harmonics (Q3) to the lowest harmonic (Q1), i.e., (Q2/Q1) or (Q3/Q1) vs. DT or c, the filling model's viscosity/damping (energy loss) parameter. Results show that DT prolongation or increased c generated increased oscillatory power at higher harmonics (Q2/Q1 = 0.00091DT + 0.09837, r = 0.70; Q3/Q1 = 0.00053DT + 0.02747, r = 0.60; Q2/Q1 = 0.00614c + 0.15527, r = 0.91; Q3/Q1 = 0.00396c + 0.05373, r = 0.87). Because ideal filling is achieved when all oscillatory power is delivered at the lowest harmonic, the observed increase in power at higher harmonics is a measure of filling inefficiency. We conclude that frequency-based analysis facilitates assessment of filling efficiency and elucidates the mechanism by which diastolic dysfunction associated with prolonged DT impairs optimal filling.
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- Yue Wu
- Cardiovascular Biophysics Laboratory, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Jegger D, da Silva R, Jeanrenaud X, Nasratullah M, Tevaearai H, von Segesser LK, Segers P, Gaillard V, Atkinson J, Lartaud I, Stergiopulo N. Ventricular-arterial coupling in a rat model of reduced arterial compliance provoked by hypervitaminosis D and nicotine. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 291:H1942-51. [PMID: 16699077 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00091.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The vitamin D(3) and nicotine (VDN) model is one of isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) in which arterial calcification raises arterial stiffness and vascular impedance. The effects of VDN treatment on arterial and cardiac hemodynamics have been investigated; however, a complete analysis of ventricular-arterial interaction is lacking. Wistar rats were treated with VDN (VDN group, n = 9), and a control group (n = 10) was included without the VDN. At week 8, invasive indexes of cardiac function were obtained using a conductance catheter. Simultaneously, aortic pressure and flow were measured to derive vascular impedance and characterize ventricular-vascular interaction. VDN caused significant increases in systolic (138 +/- 6 vs. 116 +/- 13 mmHg, P < 0.01) and pulse (42 +/- 10 vs. 26 +/- 4 mmHg, P < 0.01) pressures with respect to control. Total arterial compliance decreased (0.12 +/- 0.08 vs. 0.21 +/- 0.04 ml/mmHg in control, P < 0.05), and pulse wave velocity increased significantly (8.8 +/- 2.5 vs. 5.1 +/- 2.0 m/s in control, P < 0.05). The arterial elastance and end-systolic elastance rose significantly in the VDN group (P < 0.05). Wave reflection was augmented in the VDN group, as reflected by the increase in the wave reflection coefficient (0.63 +/- 0.06 vs. 0.52 +/- 0.05 in control, P < 0.05) and the amplitude of the reflected pressure wave (13.3 +/- 3.1 vs. 8.4 +/- 1.0 mmHg in control, P < 0.05). We studied ventricular-arterial coupling in a VDN-induced rat model of reduced arterial compliance. The VDN treatment led to development of ISH and provoked alterations in cardiac function, arterial impedance, arterial function, and ventricular-arterial interaction, which in many aspects are similar to effects of an aged and stiffened arterial tree.
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- David Jegger
- Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Hemodynamics and Cardiovascular Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Claessens TE, Georgakopoulos D, Afanasyeva M, Vermeersch SJ, Millar HD, Stergiopulos N, Westerhof N, Verdonck PR, Segers P. Nonlinear isochrones in murine left ventricular pressure-volume loops: how well does the time-varying elastance concept hold? Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H1474-83. [PMID: 16284239 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00663.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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tThe linear time-varying elastance theory is frequently used to describe the change in ventricular stiffness during the cardiac cycle. The concept assumes that all isochrones (i.e., curves that connect pressure-volume data occurring at the same time) are linear and have a common volume intercept. Of specific interest is the steepest isochrone, the end-systolic pressure-volume relationship (ESPVR), of which the slope serves as an index for cardiac contractile function. Pressure-volume measurements, achieved with a combined pressure-conductance catheter in the left ventricle of 13 open-chest anesthetized mice, showed a marked curvilinearity of the isochrones. We therefore analyzed the shape of the isochrones by using six regression algorithms (two linear, two quadratic, and two logarithmic, each with a fixed or time-varying intercept) and discussed the consequences for the elastance concept. Our main observations were 1) the volume intercept varies considerably with time; 2) isochrones are equally well described by using quadratic or logarithmic regression; 3) linear regression with a fixed intercept shows poor correlation ( R2 < 0.75) during isovolumic relaxation and early filling; and 4) logarithmic regression is superior in estimating the fixed volume intercept of the ESPVR. In conclusion, the linear time-varying elastance fails to provide a sufficiently robust model to account for changes in pressure and volume during the cardiac cycle in the mouse ventricle. A new framework accounting for the nonlinear shape of the isochrones needs to be developed.
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- T E Claessens
- Institute of Biomedical Technology, Ghent University, Sint-Pietersnieuwstr. 41, Gent B-9000, Belgium.
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