Effect of Pacing-Induced Tachycardia and Myocardial Ischemia on Ventricular Pressure-Velocity Relationships in Man
- 1 July 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 46 (1), 74-83
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.46.1.74
Abstract
Ventricular function was evaluated in 18 patients prior to left ventriculography and selective coronary arteriography. Simultaneous left ventricular pressure (catheter-tip manometer) and dP/dt were recorded at resting heart rates and during tachycardia induced by right atrial pacing. Pressure-velocity curves were constructed from which Vmax and maximum measured contractile element velocity (max VCE) were obtained. Vmax and max VCE initially increased with pacing-induced tachycardia in 17 of the 18 patients. Eight patients developed evidence of myocardial ischemia during atrial pacing. During the period of myocardial ischemia there was a decrease in Vmax and max VCE in all eight patients despite constant or increasing heart rate. In the 10 patients who did not develop evidence of myocardial ischemia with pacing-induced tachycardia, Vmax and max VCE continued to increase or remained constant with increasing rate. Peak left ventricular dP/dt increased coincident with the onset of myocardial ischemia in six of eight patients despite a fall in Vmax and max VCE in all eight patients during the ischemic period. A highly significant difference was demonstrated between Vmax values of patients with normal ejection fractions and patients with low ejection fractions, both at rest and during pacing-induced tachycardia.Keywords
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