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ArticleComparative medicine2012

Electrocardiograms corresponding to the development of myocardial infarction in anesthetized WHHLMI rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), an animal model for familial hypercholesterolemia.

Tsutomu Kobayashi, Takashi Ito, Satoshi Yamada, Nobue Kuniyoshi, Masashi Shiomi

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Article in Comparative medicine, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tsutomu KobayashiInstitute for Experimental Animals, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. tsutomu.kobayashi.jap@gmail.com
Takashi Ito
Satoshi Yamada
Nobue Kuniyoshi
Masashi Shiomi
Kobe University · JP

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether features indicative of myocardial ischemia occur in the electrocardiograms (ECG) in myocardial infarction-prone Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic (WHHLMI) rabbits, an animal model for human familial hypercholesterolemia. ECG were recorded in 110 anesthetized WHHLMI rabbits (age, 10 to 39 mo) by using unipolar and bipolar limb leads with or without chest leads. We noted the following electrocardiographic changes: T wave inversion (37.4%), ST segment depression (31.8%), deep Q wave (16.3%), reduced R wave amplitude (7.3%), ST segment elevation (2.7%), and high T wave (1.8%). These ECG changes resembled those in human patients with coronary heart disease. Histopathologic examination revealed that the left ventricular wall showed acute myocardial lesions, including loss of cross-striations, vacuolar degeneration, coagulation necrosis of cardiac myocytes, and edema between myofibrils, in addition to chronic myocardial lesions such as myocardial fibrosis. The coronary arteries that caused these ECG changes were severely stenosed due to atherosclerotic lesions. Ischemic ECG changes corresponded to the locations of the myocardial lesions. Normal ECG waveforms were similar between WHHLMI rabbits and humans, in contrast to the large differences between rabbits and mice or rats. In conclusion, ischemic ECG changes in WHHLMI rabbits reflect the location of myocardial lesions, making this model useful for studying coronary heart disease.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsCoronary VesselsElectrocardiographyHeart VentriclesHumansHyperlipoproteinemia Type IIMiceMyocardial InfarctionMyocytes, CardiacNecrosisRabbitsRatsStatistics, Nonparametric

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PMID23114045
PMCPMC3472606
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