Mechanical effects of coronary perfusion in the passive canine left ventricle.

Mechanical effects of coronary perfusion on passive left ventricular filling were studied in seven isolated potassium-arrested dog hearts subjected to static pressure loading. With the use of a biplane video method, midanterior epicardial deformations were measured before, during, and after perfusion of the coronary circulation with a cardioplegic solution. During perfusion, there was a highly significant reduction (P less than 0.001) in ventricular compliance; the mean cavity volume change decreased by 50% at a filling pressure of 12 mmHg. The loss of compliance was reversible and increased with coronary artery pressure. The magnitudes of the principal epicardial extensions, determined by homogeneous strain analysis, also decreased significantly (P less than 0.001) by an average of 30-40% at ventricular pressures of 4-12 mmHg. But there was no change in the pattern of epicardial deformations. These findings, and similar significant falls in epicardial in-plane rotation (P less than 0.05) and angular translation (P less than 0.001), suggest that the main mechanical effect of the coronary circulation is homogeneous and uniform and is, therefore, probably associated with the microcirculation. We propose that this effect may be modeled by treating the myocardium as a porous elastic medium swollen with an incompressible fluid rather than by an increase in ventricular wall thickness due to filling of the coronary vessels.

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