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(Circulation. 1995;91:1575-1587.)
© 1995 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Gadolinium Attenuates the Upward Shift of the Left Ventricular Diastolic Pressure-Volume Relation During Pacing-Induced Ischemia in Dogs

Hiroshi Takano, MD; Stanton A Glantz, PhD

From the Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Correspondence to Stanton A. Glantz, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124.

Background The mechanism of the reversible upward shift of the left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume relation during demand ischemia is controversial. To assess the possibility that cation influx through stretch-activation channels may contribute to the upward shift, we asked whether gadolinium, a blocker of the stretch-activated channels, attenuates the upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation during pacing-induced ischemia in 5 dogs.

Methods and Results To produce pacing-induced ischemia, we constricted the left anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries to reduce their flows by approximately 30% and paced the left atrium at 150 to 180 beats per minute for 3 minutes. We measured left ventricular pressure, volume, and two segment lengths with micromanometers, a conductance catheter, and ultrasonic crystals, respectively. We recorded these variables during baseline, coronary stenosis, and pacing-induced ischemia (immediately after rapid pacing). After injecting 20 mg/kg (76 µmol/kg) gadolinium, we repeated the measurements during coronary stenosis (gadolinium experiment) and pacing-induced ischemia (pacing-induced ischemia plus gadolinium experiment). For each measurement, we recorded the variables in steady state to obtain diastolic pressure-volume and pressure–segment length loops and then during a brief (within 25 seconds) inferior vena caval occlusion to obtain the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-volume relation. We found that left ventricular diastolic pressure-volume and pressure–segment length loops in steady-state beats shifted upward from coronary stenosis to pacing-induced ischemia. After injection of gadolinium, the upward shift from gadolinium to pacing-induced ischemia plus gadolinium was smaller than the shift from coronary stenosis to pacing-induced ischemia. Similarly, the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure-volume relation obtained during vena caval occlusion shifted upward (by 2.2±0.6 [SE] mm Hg) from coronary stenosis to pacing-induced ischemia. After injection of gadolinium, the upward shift from gadolinium to pacing-induced ischemia plus gadolinium was smaller (by -2.1±0.4 mm Hg).

Conclusions These results indicate that gadolinium, a blocker of stretch-activated channels, attenuates the upward shift of the diastolic pressure-volume relation during pacing-induced ischemia, suggesting that the cation influx through stretch-activated channels may contribute to this upward shift.

Key Words: mechanics • ischemia • diastole • ions

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