title: Left ventricular dimensions during hemorrhagic shock measured by biplane cinefluorography.
abstract: The effects of hemorrhagic shock on left ventricular dimensions and volume were studied in 15 splenectomized dogs. A 42 +/- 1% decrease in total blood volume caused arterial blood pressure to fall 60% (from 120 +/- 5 to 48 +/- 3 mmHg); the first derivative of left ventricular pressure at a developed pressure of 40 mmHg fell 54% (from 1,930 +/- 94 to 905 +/- 93 mmHg/s, P < 0.05). Cardiac output fell 76% due to a 73% decrease in stroke volume; heart rate was unchanged at the end of hemorrhage but increased 50% during 3 h of sustained shock (from 110 +/- 6 to 166 +/- 8 beats/min, P < 0.05). During hemorrhage the septal-lateral and the anterior-posterior end-diastolic dimensions fell to a greater extent (7.8 mm, -21% and 7.0 mm, -18%, respectively) than the apex-base dimension (2.3 mm, -3.3%, P < 0.05). As a result of these dimensional changes, left ventricular end-diastolic volume fell 39% (from 48 +/- 2 to 28 +/- 1 cm3, P < 0.01). End-systolic dimensions fell in the same proportion during hemorrhage, resulting in a 30% decrease in end-systolic volume (from 30 +/- 2 to 21 +/- 1 cm3, P < 0.05). After 120 min of sustained shock, all end-diastolic dimensions remained unchanged, but end-systolic dimensions and volume increased significantly from values measured at end hemorrhage (P < 0.05), causing ejection fraction and stroke volume to fall to a greater extent. This study confirms a pronounced reduction in the minor axes of the left ventricle during hemorrhagic shock with subsequent reduction in ventricular function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9031.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002933:Cineradiography; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D008297:Male; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left