Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Stark, G; Stark, U; Tritthart, HA.
Assessment of the conduction of the cardiac impulse by a new epicardiac surface and stimulation technique (SST-ECG) in Langendorff perfused mammalian hearts.
J Pharmacol Methods. 1989; 21(3):195-209
Doi: 10.1016/0160-5402(89)90054-5
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- Abstract:
- The assessment of the effects on the conduction of the cardiac impulse and of refractoriness simultaneously from multiple cardiac structures is important to evaluate the mode of action of new compounds, as well as to investigate undesired cardiac side effects. The measurements of intracardiac electrical activities of special structures have required catheter methods or averaging techniques to produce clear deflections of low-level potential wave forms. We have developed an epicardial surface electrocardiogram (S-ECG) recording technique to detect continuously sinus node and His-bundle activities in spontaneously beating Langendorff perfused heart preparations. A bipolar surface stimulation technique electrocardiogram (ST-ECG) could be combined with this S-ECG method to assess the effect of pacing at maximal rate on the refractoriness of the sino-atrial, AV-nodal, and His-bundle conduction, as well as that of the atrial and ventricular myocardium. Epicardial surface electrodes were also used for vector analysis of the signals, which include those of the sinus node and His-bundle potentials, in addition to the usual atrial and ventricular loops. The present results demonstrate that this new epicardial surface ECG recording technique, combined with the described SST-ECG, provided a way to improve or replace more elaborate intracardiac techniques used in isolated hearts or in animal experiments.
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