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- Title
Spontaneous and inducible ventricular arrhythmias in a canine model of chronic heart failure: relation to haemodynamics and sympathoadrenergic activation.
- Authors
SABBAH, H. N.; GOLDBERGN, A. D.; SCHOELS, W.; KONO, T.; WEBB, C.; BRACHMANN, J.; GOLDSTEI, S.
- Abstract
The relationship between the incidence, frequency and complexity of spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias and the extent of haemodynamic compromise and sympathoadrenergic hyperactivity was evaluated in a canine model of chronic heart failure produced by multiple sequential intracoronary microembolizations. Ambulatory ECG Holler monitoring recorded during chronic heart failure in 18 dogs revealed spontaneous ventricular arrhythmias ranging from single ventricular premature beats (VPBs) to non-sustained episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT). Single VPBs were present in 94% of dogs, couplets in 67%, triplets in 28% and spontaneous episodes of non-sustained VT in 33%. Dogs with >28 VPBs .h (n = 9) had a markedly higher plasma norepinephrine (PNE) concentration (1001±185 vs 561 ±31 pg.ml) (P<0·03), and a higher pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) (18 ±2 vs 12 ±1 mmHg) (P<0·03) than dogs with ≥28 VPBs. H (n = 9). Dogs that developed spontaneous episodes of VT also had significantly higher PNE levels (1119±247 pg . ml) compared to dogs that did not develop VT(612 ±64 pg . ml) (P<0·02). Programmed ventricular stimulation performed in seven of 18 dogs resulted in the development of sustained monomorphic VT in three and ventricular fibrillation in three dogs each (43%, 43%). Dogs with inducible sustained monomorphic VThada significantly higher number of ambient arrhythmias and higher PA WP compared to dogs that did not develop sustained VT. The observed complexity .frequency and incidence of spontaneous and inducible ventricular arrhythmias in this canine model are similar to those described in patients with chronic heart failure.
- Publication
European Heart Journal, 1992, Vol 13, Issue 11, p1562
- ISSN
0195-668X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a060102