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      Relaxation within the Left Ventricular Myocardial Wall

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          To evaluate relaxation mechanics in the wall of the left ventricle needle mounted miniature pressure transducers were inserted at the subendocardial (ENDO) and subepicardial (EPI) level of the anterior wall of the left ventricle during acute open-chest experiments in 10 mongrel dogs. Pressures were recorded during control, volume load and after verapamil administration. The relaxation time constant (τ) was determined by fitting a monoexponential with offset to the isovolumic relaxation period of the ENDO, EPI and left ventricular pressure (LVP) tracings: p = p₀e<sup>-t/τ</sup> + p<sub>1</sub>. Mean τ-values for LVP, ENDO and EPI during control were (mean ± 1 SD, ms): 38 ± 5, 60 ± 12, 83 ± 5; during volume overload: 55 ± 10, 72 ± 20, 85 ± 31 and after verapamil administration: 58 ± 13, 60 ± 17 and 73 ± 15, respectively. Relaxation time constants of ENDO and EPI were significantly longer than those of LVP during control and volume loading but not after verapamil when only EPI was significantly different from LVP. These results demonstrate that relaxation indices obtained from LVP may not always reflect intramyocardial mechanics.

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          Journal
          CRD
          Cardiology
          10.1159/issn.0008-6312
          Cardiology
          S. Karger AG
          0008-6312
          1421-9751
          1994
          1994
          18 November 2008
          : 85
          : 3-4
          : 175-183
          Affiliations
          UZ Gasthuisberg, KU, Leuven, Belgium
          Article
          176673 Cardiology 1994;85:175–183
          10.1159/000176673
          7987873
          940d79cb-5285-4129-9c67-aee59163bbae
          © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          History
          : 25 January 1994
          : 18 March 1994
          Page count
          Pages: 9
          Categories
          General Cardiology, Basic Research

          General medicine,Neurology,Cardiovascular Medicine,Internal medicine,Nephrology
          Volume overload,Intramyocardial pressure,Relaxation time constant,Isovolumic relaxation,Verapamil,Left ventricular function

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