Transthoracic Sensor for Noninvasive Assessment of Left Ventricular Contractility: Validation in A Minipig Model of Chronic Heart Failure

Background:  Invasively measured left ventricular (LV) dP/dt is the accepted standard for measuring acute and chronic directional changes in LV contractility. Recently, we developed a noninvasive force sensor based on an accelerometer positioned on the chest, which measures the vibrations generated by isovolumic myocardial contraction. The aim of this paper was to compare noninvasive (accelerometer) versus invasive (LV dP/dt) indices of myocardial contractility in a chronic minipig model of pacing‐induced heart failure (HF). Comparative assessment was performed both at rest and following dobutamine infusion.

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