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Kouichi Yuuki1, Yukio Hosoya, Isao Kubota
1Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-9585, Japan.
Objective:
The restitution mechanism has been the focus of attention as the possible mechanism behind ventricular fibrillation (VF). However, its contribution in chronic ischemic heart has not been established.
Methods:
We investigated chronic ischemic dogs with occlusion of left anterior descending artery. Sixty unipolar electrograms were simultaneously recorded from an entire cardiac surface. Activation-recovery intervals (ARIs) and QRST deflection area (AQRST) were measured during constant atrial pacing. The ischemic dogs were divided into two groups, five dogs in VF(+) group or seven dogs in VF(-) group, according to VF occurrence by programmed electrical stimulation.
Results:
When investigating ARI dispersions on an epicardium, there was no difference between VF(+) and VF(-) groups. The relationship between ARIs and diastolic intervals was quantified as an electrical restitution curve. The slopes of the ARI restitution curve for the anterior left ventricle in VF(+) dogs were significantly steeper than those of VF(-) dogs. The amplitude of AQRST alternans were significantly greater in VF(+) dogs than VF(-) dogs.
Conclusions:
Combined observation of steep restitution slopes and increased electrical alternans supported the restitution mechanism as being involved in the arrhythmia. Dynamic restitution properties and not static single-beat ARI dispersion may play an important role in the VF arrhythmia in the chronic ischemic heart.
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