期刊
CIRCULATION
卷 118, 期 1, 页码 17-25出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.737254
关键词
action potentials; alternans; mapping; memory; restitution
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL070074-04, P01 HL039707-17, R01 HL060843, R01 HL080159-02, R01 HL070074-05A1, P01 HL087226, P01 HL039707-16A10010, P01 HL039707-16A1, R01 HL070074, R01 HL080159, P01 HL039707, R01 HL080159-01A2, P01 HL087226-01, P01 HL039707-170010] Funding Source: Medline
Background - Spatially discordant alternans (SDA) has been linked to life-threatening arrhythmias. The mechanisms underlying SDA development in cardiac tissue remain unclear. Methods and Results - We investigated the role of conduction velocity (CV) restitution and short-term memory in the organization and evolution of alternans in action potential duration using high-resolution optical mapping of the epicardial surface in 8 isolated, Langendorff-perfused rabbit hearts. To assess the spatial organization of alternans, we tracked the evolution of nodal lines that separate out-of-phase regions of SDA. We measured the action potential duration heterogeneity index and maximal slope of CV restitution and estimated the effects of short-term memory by calculating time constant of action potential duration accommodation (tau). We found that 2 mechanisms underlie the development of SDA in the heart, leading to 2 distinct behaviors of nodal lines. The first mechanism is based on steep CV restitution and is associated with small tau and stable nodal lines. The second mechanism is associated with short-term memory ( large tau) and is characterized by shallow CV restitution and unstable behavior of nodal lines. The maximum slope of the CV restitution was steeper (18.16 +/- 3.34 m/s(2)) and tau was smaller (tau=4.31 +/- 0.33 stimuli) for areas with stable nodal lines than for areas with unstable nodal lines (6.32 +/- 0.96 m/s(2) and tau=10.3 +/- 1.84 stimuli; P < 0.01). Conclusions - Our results provide new insight into the mechanisms underlying SDA formation in the rabbit heart. Specifically, our results suggest that a new mechanism associated with short-term memory underlies SDA formation in the heart, in addition to steep CV restitution.
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