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Duration of diastole and its phases as a function of heart rate during supine bicycle exercise

Cardiovascular Biophysics Laboratory, Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Submitted 3 March 2004 ; accepted in final form 21 June 2004

The duration of diastole can be defined in terms of mechanical events. Mechanical diastolic duration (MDD) is comprised by the phases of early rapid filling (E wave), diastasis, and late atrial filling (A wave). The effect of heart rate (HR) on diastolic duration is predictable from kinematic modeling and known cellular physiology. To determine the dependence of MDD of each phase and the velocity time integral (VTI) on HR, simultaneous transmitral Doppler flow velocities and ECG were recorded during supine bicycle exercise in healthy volunteers. Durations, peak values, and VTI using triangular approximation for E- and A-wave shape were measured. MDD, defined as the interval from the start of the E wave to end of the A wave, was fit as an algebraic function of HR by MDD = B_MDD + M_LMDD·HR + M_IMDD/HR, derivable from first principles, where B_MDD is a constant, and M_LMDD and M_IMDD are the constant coefficients of the linear and inverse HR dependent terms. Excellent correlation was observed (r² = 0.98). E- and A-wave durations were found to be very nearly independent of HR: 100% increase in HR generated only an 18% decrease in E-wave duration and 16% decrease in A-wave duration. VTI was similarly very nearly independent of HR. Diastasis duration closely tracked MDD as a function of HR. We conclude that the elimination of diastasis and merging of E and A waves of nearly fixed durations primarily govern changes in MDD. These observations support the perspective that E- and A-wave durations are primarily governed by the rules of mechanical oscillation that are minimally HR dependent.

heart rate; E wave; A wave

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