title: [Cyclic AMP levels in the plasma and ischemic myocardium and free fatty-acid levels in the serum following coronary artery ligation in dogs: relation to ventricular fibrillation].
abstract: This study was designed to shed light on the biochemical causes of serious ventricular arrhythmias in the early stage of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Fourteen mongrel dogs were divided into 2 groups. One group was subjected to coronary ligation by placing silk sutures around the LAD coronary artery about 1.5 cm from its origin. All the dogs of this group were found to have ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation, starting approximately 18 min. After ligation, associated with regional accumulation of myocardial cAMP in the ischaemic zone. The increase of cAMP started about 10-15 min. before the onset of the arrhythmia. In contrast, the control group had only sutures placed without ligation and was not found to have change in myocardial cAMP within 35 min and arrhythmias at the same time. Both plasma cAMP and serum FFA were studied, but no significant changes were found. It is concluded that myocardial cAMP may play an important role in the genesis of ventricular arrhythmias in the acute ischaemic heart and it may be one of the arrhythmogenic factors to evoke ventricular arrhythmias.
authors.forename: D X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D004285:Dogs; D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005230:Fatty Acids, Nonesterified; D000242:Cyclic AMP