Myocyte Recovery After Mechanical Circulatory Support in Humans With End-Stage Heart Failure
Open Access
- 16 June 1998
- journal article
- other
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 97 (23), 2316-2322
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.97.23.2316
Abstract
Background —The failing myocardium is characterized by decreased force production, slowed relaxation, and depressed responses to β-adrenergic stimulation. In some heart failure patients, heart function is so poor that a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is inserted as a bridge to transplantation. In the present research, we investigated whether circulatory support with an LVAD influenced the functional properties of myocytes from the failing heart. Methods and Results —Myocytes were isolated from human explanted failing hearts (HF-myocytes) and failing hearts with antecedent LVAD support (HF-LVAD-myocytes). Studies of myocyte function indicated that the magnitude of contraction was greater (9.6±0.7% versus 6.9±0.5% shortening), the time to peak contraction was significantly abbreviated (0.37±0.01 versus 0.75±0.04 seconds), and the time to 50% relaxation was reduced (0.55±0.02 versus 1.45±0.11 seconds) in the HF-LVAD-myocytes compared with the HF-myocytes ( P Conclusions —The results of the study strongly support the idea that circulatory support with an LVAD improves myocyte contractile properties and increases β-adrenergic responsiveness.Keywords
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