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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1990; 15:658-664
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Alterations in left ventricular relaxation during atrioventricular pacing in humans

JB Bedotto, PA Grayburn, WH Black, TE Raya, W McBride, HH Hsia, and EJ Eichhorn

Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75216.

To determine whether the asynchronous left ventricular contraction-relaxation sequence that exists during right ventricular pacing alters left ventricular relaxation, measurements of both the maximal rate of decline of left ventricular pressure (peak negative dP/dt) and the time constant of left ventricular relaxation were obtained during atrial and atrioventricular (AV) pacing in 25 patients referred for diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Heart rate was maintained at 10 to 15 beats/min above the sinus rate at rest, and relaxation was assessed during atrial pacing, AV pacing and repeat atrial pacing. The patients were classified into two groups. Group 1 included 10 patients with normal left ventricular systolic function at rest (ejection fraction greater than 0.55) and without evidence of prior myocardial infarction. Group 2 included 15 patients with a depressed left ventricular ejection fraction or akinesia of one or more left ventricular segments on the contrast ventriculogram, or both. Heart rate, peak left ventricular systolic pressure, end-systolic pressure and end-diastolic pressure remained constant during atrial, AV pacing and repeat atrial pacing in all patients. In group 1 patients, the decrease in peak negative dP/dt (1,507 +/- 200 versus 1,424 +/- 187 mm Hg/s) and the increase in the time constant of left ventricular relaxation (48 +/- 11 versus 51 +/- 11 ms) during AV pacing was not significantly different when compared with values during atrial pacing.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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