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Inotropic stimulation and oxygen consumption in a canine model of dilated cardiomyopathy. Discussion
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Inotropic stimulation and oxygen consumption in a canine model of dilated cardiomyopathy. Discussion

C. M Dyke, K. F Lee, I. H Edmunds, J Parmar, R. J Dignan, T. JR Yeh, A ABD-ELFATTAH, A. S Wechsler, G. J Magovern and R. A Guyton
The Annals of thoracic surgery, v 52(4), pp 750-758
1991

Abstract

Biological and medical sciences Investigative techniques of hemodynamics Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects) Medical sciences
Inotropic support for the dilated, failing ventricle results in complex hemodynamic changes affecting preload, afterload, contractility, and heart rate, each of which affects myocardial oxygen consumption. Appreciation of a hierarchy of hemodynamic determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption may be helpful to the clinician trying to balance oxygen demands and hemodynamic performance. We tested the hypothesis that epinephrine alters the hierarchy of hemodynamic determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption in a canine model of dilated cardiomyopathy created by rapid ventricular pacing. Dogs (n = 10) were instrumented to record left ventricular pressure and dimension, and a modified right heart bypass preparation was used to control left ventricular workload. Coronary sinus effluent was quantitatively collected and analyzed for oxygen content and used to calculate myocardial oxygen consumption. Epinephrine administration significantly increased myocardial oxygen consumption in the empty, beating heart; however, when the relationships of multiple determinants of left ventricular work and load were compared before and after epinephrine administration, no oxygen wasting effect was observed. Using multivariate linear regression analysis, a hierarchy of hemodynamic determinants of myocardial oxygen consumption was created. In the untreated heart, stroke work and cardiac output were the primary hemodynamic determinants of oxygen consumption; epinephrine significantly altered the determinants such that wall stress became the dominant hemodynamic determinant of myocardial oxygen consumption. Focused manipulation of wall stress in the treated, failing heart may limit the potentially deleterious effects of inotropic stimulation in this setting.

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