AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 270, Issue 2 583-H593, Copyright © 1996 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanoenergetics of negative inotropism of ventricular wall vibration in dog heart

T. Nishioka, Y. Goto, K. Hata, T. Takasago, A. Saeki, T. W. Taylor and H. Suga
Department of Cardiovascular Dynamics, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.

Mechanical vibration depresses cardiac contractility. We studied the mechanoenergetic effects of this negative inotropism in the left ventricle (LV) of an isolated, cross-circulated dog heart preparation. We took full advantage of the mechanoenergetic relationship among the LV end-systolic elastance (Emax, contractility index), systolic pressure-volume area (PVA), and myocardial oxygen consumption (VO2). PVA is a measure of the total mechanical energy that cardiac contraction generates. PVA correlates closely with VO2. The VO2 intercept of the VO2-PVA relation reflects the VO2 component for excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling plus basal metabolism (PVA-independent VO2). VO2 above the PVA-independent VO2 reflects the VO2 component for mechanical contraction (PVA-dependent VO2). When we applied 70-Hz vibration of 2-mm amplitude to a LV wall region, it instantly decreased Emax and PVA by 20%, followed by a 10% decrease in VO2 at a fixed volume. However, the vibration neither lowered the VO2-PVA relation obtained at different LV volumes, unlike ordinary negative inotropism, nor changed its slope (1.88 +/- 0.23 vs. 1.86 +/- 0.23 x 10(-5) ml O2.mmHg-1.ml-1). The virtually zero delta PVA-independent VO2/delta Emax with vibration indicates a much smaller O2 cost of Emax than that seen with calcium and propranolol inotropism. These mechanoenergetics support the hypothesis that mechanical vibration primarily suppresses cardiac contractility without suppressing E-C coupling.

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