Changes in Diastolic Time with Various Pharmacologic Agents: Implication for Myocardial Perfusion

Diastolic time (DT) is calculated as the cycle length (RR) minus electromechanical systole (QS2). The ratio of DT (RR-QS2) to RR interval times 100, or the percent diastole (%D), varies nonlinearly with heart rate (HR), increasing rapidly with decreasing HR. The effect of commonly used cardioactive agents on %D was studied in five groups of normal subjects.In group I (n = 12), propranolol (160 mg daily) increased %D from 55.9 ± 1.7 to 64.7 i 1.3 (p < 0.001) by slowing HR. In group 2 (n = 12), dobutamine (2.5 Ag/kg/min) increased %D from 56.4 i 1.4 to 61.8 1.3 (p < 0.005) by shortening the QS2. In group 3 (n = 10), Cedilanid-D (1.6 mg i.v.) increased %D from 55.5 ± I to 63.2 ± 0.7 (p < 0.001), both by slowing the HR and shortening the QS2. In group 4 (n = 12), isoproterenol (2 Ag/min) increased HR and shortened the QS2 significantly. The net result was a significant reduction of%D from 56.1 ± 1.4 to 53.5 ± 1.1, (p < 0.05). In group 5 (n = 15), a 100-mg bolus of i.v. lidocaine did not have a significant effect on %D. This study indicates that cardiovascular drugs may have significant effects on the relative duration of diastole either by affecting HR or the duration of systole. This may have clinical implications for patients with coronary artery disease and patients with left ventricular hypertrophy, since in both cases coronary flow is mostly diastolic.

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