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ArticleCirculation research2010

Transmural dispersion of repolarization in failing and nonfailing human ventricle.

Alexey V Glukhov, Vadim V Fedorov, Qing Lou, Vinod K Ravikumar, Paul W Kalish, Richard B Schuessler, Nader Moazami, Igor R Efimov

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Article in Circulation research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 155 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Alexey V GlukhovDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
Vadim V Fedorov
Qing Lou
Vinod K Ravikumar
Paul W Kalish
Richard B Schuessler
Nader Moazami
Igor R Efimov
Washington University in St. Louis · USMohammed V University · MA

Funding

Virtual Electrode Polarization Hypothesis of DefibrillationR01HL067322 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EFIMOV, IGOR R · 2001 to 2010
$3.7M
The role of electroporation in defibrillationR01HL074283 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EFIMOV, IGOR R · 2004 to 2007
$2.3M
ARRHYTHMOGENIC REMODELING IN HUMAN HEART FAILURER01HL114395 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EFIMOV, IGOR R · 2012 to 2015
$2.1M
STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF THE PACEMAKING AND CONDUCTION SYSTEM OF THE HEARTR01HL085369 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EFIMOV, IGOR R · 2008 to 2011
$1.5M
MECHANISMS OF DEFIBRILLATION BY IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODESR01HL059464 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION · PI EFIMOV, IGOR R · 1998 to 2000
$120k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL059464NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL067322NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL074283NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085369NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

rationaleTransmural dispersion of repolarization has been shown to play a role in the genesis of ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation in different animal models of heart failure (HF). Heterogeneous changes of repolarization within the midmyocardial population of ventricular cells have been considered an important contributor to the HF phenotype. However, there is limited electrophysiological data from the human heart.

objectiveTo study electrophysiological remodeling of transmural repolarization in the failing and nonfailing human hearts. METHODS AND

resultsWe optically mapped the action potential duration (APD) in the coronary-perfused scar-free posterior-lateral left ventricular free wall wedge preparations from failing (n=5) and nonfailing (n=5) human hearts. During slow pacing (S1S1=2000 ms), in the nonfailing hearts we observed significant transmural APD gradient: subepicardial, midmyocardial, and subendocardial APD80 were 383+/-21, 455+/-20, and 494+/-22 ms, respectively. In 60% of nonfailing hearts (3 of 5), we found midmyocardial islands of cells that presented a distinctly long APD (537+/-40 ms) and a steep local APD gradient (27+/-7 ms/mm) compared with the neighboring myocardium. HF resulted in prolongation of APD80: 477+/-22 ms, 495+/-29 ms, and 506+/-35 ms for the subepi-, mid-, and subendocardium, respectively, while reducing transmural APD80 difference from 111+/-13 to 29+/-6 ms (P<0.005) and presence of any prominent local APD gradient. In HF, immunostaining revealed a significant reduction of connexin43 expression on the subepicardium.

conclusionsWe present for the first time direct experimental evidence of a transmural APD gradient in the human heart. HF results in the heterogeneous prolongation of APD, which significantly reduces the transmural and local APD gradients.

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Ventricular RemodelingAction PotentialsAdultCardiac Pacing, ArtificialCase-Control StudiesConnexin 43FemaleHeart FailureHeart VentriclesHumansImmunohistochemistryMaleMiddle AgedMyocardiumTachycardia, VentricularTime FactorsConnexin 43GJA1 protein, human

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PMID20093630
PMCPMC2842469
OpenAlexW2162834159

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