title: Complex structure of electrophysiological gradients emerging during long-duration ventricular fibrillation in the canine heart.
abstract: Long-duration ventricular fibrillation (LDVF) in the globally ischemic heart is a common setting of cardiac arrest. Electrical heterogeneities during LDVF may affect outcomes of defibrillation and resuscitation. Previous studies in large mammalian hearts have investigated the role of Purkinje fibers and electrophysiological gradients between the endocardium (Endo) and epicardium (Epi). Much less is known about gradients between the right ventricle (RV) and left ventricle (LV) and within each chamber during LDVF. We studied the transmural distribution of the VF activation rate (VFR) in the RV and LV and at the junction of RV, LV, and septum (Sep) during LDVF using plunge needle electrodes in opened-chest dogs. We also used optical mapping to analyze the Epi distribution of VFR, action potential duration (APD), and diastolic interval (DI) during LDVF in the RV and LV of isolated hearts. Transmural VFR gradients developed in both the RV and LV, with a faster VFR in Endo. Concurrently, large VFR gradients developed in Epi, with the fastest VFR in the RV-Sep junction, intermediate in the RV, and slowest in the LV. Optical mapping revealed a progressively increasing VFR dispersion within both the LV and RV, with a mosaic presence of fully inexcitable areas after 4-8 min of LDVF. The transmural, interchamber, and intrachamber VFR heterogeneities were of similar magnitude. In both chambers, the inverse of VFR was highly correlated with DI, but not APD, at all time points of LDVF. We conclude that the complex VFR gradients during LDVF in the canine heart cannot be explained solely by the distribution of Purkinje fibers and are related to regional differences in the electrical depression secondary to LDVF.
authors.affiliation: Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-5000, USA.
authors.forename: Paul W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Venable
authors.forename: Tyson G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shibayama
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: Alexey V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Zaitsev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004566:Electrodes; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D011690:Purkinje Fibers / Q000503:physiopathology; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D056969:Voltage-Sensitive Dye Imaging
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