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1Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland 44195; and 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Submitted 28 January 2003 ; accepted in final form 3 September 2003
Investigation of the mechanisms of arrhythmia genesis and maintenance has benefited from the use of optical mapping techniques that employ excitation-contraction uncouplers. We investigated the effects of the excitation-contraction uncouplers 2,3-butanedione monoxime (BDM) and cytochalasin D (Cyto D) on the induction and maintenance of arrhythmia by electric shocks. Electrical activity was optically mapped from anterior epicardium of rabbit hearts (n = 9) during shocks (–100 V, 8 ms) applied from a ventricular lead at various phases of action potential duration (APD). Restitution curves were obtained using S1-S2 protocol and measurement of APD values at 70% of repolarization. Compared with Cyto D, BDM significantly shortened APD at 90% of repolarization, although no significant difference in dispersion of repolarization was observed. Wavelength was also shortened with BDM. In general, shock-induced arrhythmias with BDM and Cyto D were ventricular tachycardic in nature. With respect to shock-induced sustained arrhythmias, the vulnerable window was wider and the incidence was higher with BDM than with Cyto D. There was also a difference in the morphology of ventricular tachycardia (VT) between the two agents. The arrhythmias with BDM usually resembled monomorphic VT, especially those that lasted >30 s. In contrast, arrhythmias with Cyto D more resembled polymorphic VT. However, the average number of phase singularities increased under Cyto D vs. BDM, whereas no significant difference in the dominant frequency of shock-induced sustained arrhythmia was observed. BDM reduced the slope of the restitution curve compared with Cyto D, but duration of arrhythmia under BDM was significantly increased compared with Cyto D. In conclusion, BDM increased arrhythmia genesis and maintenance relative to Cyto D.
excitation-contraction uncouplers; cardiac vulnerability; action potential duration restitution; optical mapping
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