在心房动中进行电气改造. 时间流程和机制
A Goette1, C Honeycutt, J J Langberg
1Carlyle Fraser Heart Center, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
Circulation
|December 1, 1996
概括
前庭电力改造是心房的关键因素,发展迅速,并由细胞内过载驱动. 这个过程缩短了耐火期,有助于疾病的进展.
科学领域:
- 心脏病学 心脏病学
- 电子生理学 电子生理学
- 进行心脏重塑.
背景情况:
- 心房动 (AF) 是一种渐进的疾病.
- 快速的心房率诱导电生理变化,称为电改造,这缩短了耐火期.
- 了解电气改造的机制对于管理AF至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究心房电力改造的时间进程.
- 阐明电气改造的基本机制.
主要方法:
- 麻醉后的狗经历了7小时的心房节奏在800bpm.
- 测量了有效和绝对耐火期 (ARP和ERP).
- 用电子显微镜分析了经静脉内心活检样本.
主要成果:
- 快速心房节奏显著缩短了ARP和ERP (>10%),表明电气重塑.
- 电气改造发生得很快,超过一半的电气改造在30分钟内发生.
- 维拉帕米尔阻断了重塑,而高血症则加剧了它,这表明起了作用.
结论:
- 耳前电力改造是一种快速,渐进的,潜在的持久现象.
- 自主音调,心房拉伸和能量耗尽并不是主要的驱动因素.
- 速度诱导的细胞内过载是心房电力改造的可能媒介.
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