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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 247: H146-H154, 1984;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 247, Issue 1 146-H154, Copyright © 1984 by American Physiological Society

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Hypertrophy without contractile dysfunction after reversal of pressure overload in the cat

T. Wisenbaugh, P. Allen, G. Cooper 4th, W. N. O'Connor, L. Mezaros, F. Streter, A. Bahinski, S. Houser and J. F. Spann

To determine whether a causal relationship exists between the myocardial hypertrophy and the deficits in myosin ATPase activity and contractile function that have been associated with chronic, experimental pressure overload, we studied contractile function, myosin ATPase, and isomyosin pattern in a model of severe pressure overload in which the pressure overload was surgically relieved but hypertrophy persisted. Severe hypertrophy, contractile dysfunction, and pump failure were produced in the cat right ventricle by tight pulmonary arterial banding. In two groups of cats banded for 2- and 7-wk periods, right ventricular mass doubled, and contractile function was severely depressed compared with controls. In another group of cats subjected to severe right ventricular pressure overload for 4 wk, pressure overload was reversed by removal of the pulmonary arterial band. After a 4-wk recovery period for this group, right ventricular mass remained markedly increased, but contractile function had returned to normal. Changes in neither isomyosin composition nor myosin ATPase activity were found regardless of contractile function. Thus, following reversal of a right ventricular pressure overload severe enough to cause pump failure and a twofold increase in right ventricular mass, muscle contractile function can return to normal even when severe hypertrophy persists. Furthermore, changes in myosin isozyme composition or ATPase activity do not explain the changes in contractile function.


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