Abstract
Left ventricular and ascending aortic pressures were measured in open chest mongrel dogs under pentobarbital anesthesia. The data were digitized, averaged, and subgrouped by mean systolic aortic pressures (MSAP), end-diastolic pressure (EDP), and heart rate (HR). Seven raw and 32 derived variable from the pressure, as a function of time, wave forms were analyzed in each subgroup in the control state and following the infusion of catecholamines. A plot of control variability versus sensitivity to norepinephrine indicates that time to peak ventricular pressure (PVP time) is a more sensitive indicator of changes in the inotropic state than such other commonly used variables as max dP/dt, integrated isometric tension, and (max dP/dt)/developed pressure. PVP time also showed less variability with HR, EDP, and MSAP. Regression lines were also fit to the data using a second-order model. This permitted evaluation of experimentally varying either HR, EDP, or MSAP while maintaining the other two constant. PVP time was again one of the better variables in terms of sensitivity to HR, EDP, or MSAP. Vmax, fractional rate of change of power, preejection period, and systolic time were also analyzed and compared with PVP time using averaged data.
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