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DOI: 10.1007/BF02043498
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
High energy phosphates in postischemic myocardium with reduced or normalized function
Presented at The 35th Annual Congress, International College of Angiology, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 1993Publikationsverlauf
Publikationsdatum:
22. April 2011 (online)
Abstract
Mitochondrial damage and decreased levels of high energy phosphates are well-known findings in reversibly injured postischemic myocardium (=stunning). Using an isovolumetrically beating isolated rat heart preparation (Langendorff perfusion apparatus) we investigated the effect of postischemic positive inotropic stimulation on the myocardial high energy phosphate content. During postischemic functional steady state with moderately reduced left ventricular developed pressure (118.7 mmHg after 30 minutes of ischemia vs 136.1 mmHg preischemic), dopamine in a dose to reestablish preischemic function was administered for a 20-minute period. Data were compared with postischemic hearts without positive inotropic stimulation: ATP was 2.5 vs 2.5 (μmol/g ww; phosphocreatine was 5.5 vs 6.7 μmol/g ww. These findings indicate that reversibly injured postischemic myocardium can be stimulated for a prolonged period without loss of high-energy phosphates. Therefore, a failure of the energy-generating apparatus is not the reason for the reversible postischemic dysfunction.