title: An ovine model of acute myocardial infarction and chronic left ventricular dysfunction.
abstract: In order to develop and validate an ovine model of myocardial infarction with subsequent impairement of left ventricular function, 15 instrumented sheep underwent selective microembolization of the left coronary arteries with 0.5 mL 90 microns polystyrene beads. Hemodynamics and plasma hormones were measured preembolization (baseline) and then at hours 2, 4, 6, and 12 and days 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7 postembolization. Of the 15 sheep studied, 2 (13%) died on the day of embolization from arrhythmias. In the remaining sheep, left ventricular systolic pressure and stroke work (both P < 0.001) were reduced promptly and remained below basal levels. Mean arterial pressure (P < 0.001) increased initially, then decreased to below basal levels by hour 6. Heart rate (P < 0.001) and left atrial pressure (P < 0.05) were increased while cardiac output was decreased (P < 0.05). Left ventricular ejection fraction at day 7 was reduced (38.8 +/- 3.5 vs 46.0 +/- 3.9% preembolization; P < 0.05). The cardiac enzymes creatine kinase (P < 0.001) and troponin-T (P < 0.001) were increased following microembolization and returned to basal levels by days 2 and 5 respectively. Plasma atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (both P < 0.001) and plasma renin activity (P < 0.005) were all increased following embolization. This ovine model mimics the hemodynamic and neurohumoral features of acute myocardial infarction, resulting in left ventricular dysfunction, and should prove suitable for the study of interventions in a number of these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ikram
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Charles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sands
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bridgman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gooneratne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor / Q000097:blood; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000097:blood; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D012756:Sheep; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009320:Atrial Natriuretic Factor; D003402:Creatine Kinase; D012083:Renin