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  • Tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy in dogs; relation between chronic supraventricular and chronic ventricular tachycardia
    Zupan, Igor, 1961- ...
    Long-standing ventricular tachycardia (VT) and supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) can produce a reversible left vertricular dysfunction. The onset of cardiomyopathy and the severity of ... posttachycardic changes depend at least onthree parameters of tachycardia, including its type (VT or SVT), rate and duration. Ten dogs (beagles) were paced at 180 beats/min for 3 weeks. Two pacing modalities, supraventricular and ventricular, were used in each dog. Inhalf of them, the study was started by ventricular, and in the other half bysupraventricular high-rate pacing. The alternate pacing modality was appliedafter complete recovery of left ventriciular function. Ventricular function and moorphology ware evalutated by radionuclidie ventriculography, echocardiography and Swan-Ganz catheterisation. Posttachycardic changes were studied in sinus rhythm after cessation of pacing. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) fell significantly after either type of tachycardia (SVT: 53+-5%, VT: 48+-7%, P less th.0.05) compared with baseline values (69.5+-2.3%). Significant increases (P less th.0.05) in end-systolic (SVT: 2.1+-0.3 cm, VT:2.4+-0.2 cm vs. 1.6+-0.3 cm) and end-diastolic dimensions (SVT: 3.0+-0.3 cm, VT: 3.3+-0.4 cm vs. 2.7+-0.3 cm) indicated ventricular dilation in paced animals. Left ventricular pulmonary capillary wedge pressureincreased significantly after either type of tachycardia as compared with baseline values (SVT: 7.5+-1.2 mmHg, VT:8.4+-1.1 mmHg vs. 1.9+-1.5 mmHg,P less th.0.05); the difference between tachycardias was not sifnificant.The present study demonstrates that chronic SVT and VT result in left ventricular dysfunction in a relatively short time, even if the heart rate is not very high. Deterioration of left ventricular ejection fraction and dilation of the left ventricle are more marked in chronic VT than in chronic SVT.
    Source: International journal of cardiology. - ISSN 0167-5273 (Letn. 56, 1996, str. 75-81)
    Type of material - article, component part
    Publish date - 1996
    Language - english
    COBISS.SI-ID - 10540249

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