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In 17 canine heart-lung preparations the dependence of frequency potentiation of the right and left ventricular myocardium on the basic inotropic state of the heart was investigated. The effect of unipolar stimulation of the right atrium on dP/dt max in both ventricles was measured. The aortic pressure was maintained constant.
Shortly after isolation of the heart, a stepwise increase of rate from 140 to 200 beats/min only had a very weak influence on left ventricular dP/dt max. With deterioration of the myocardium the frequency potentiation of dP/dt max increased considerably. End-diastolic pressure regularly decreased with rising cardiac frequency. Since the real positive inotropic effect is masked by the concomitant fall in diastolic loading, the end-diastolic pressure was maintained constant in a second group of 8 hearts during rate variation. The most pronounced inotropic effect was now found shortly after isolation of the heart. A rate increase of 30 beats/min resulted in a 20% rise of dP/dt max. The frequency potentiation decreased with deterioration of the heart resulting in a 12% dP/dt max increase at an estimated inotropic state of 50% of control. When the contractile state of the heart was improved above the control state by calcium application the frequency potentiation of the myocardium decreased.
In the right ventricle similar results were obtained except for the fact that no significant correlation between the steepness of the frequency characteristics and the contractile state of the heart could be found when the end-diastolic pressure was kept constant.
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Schmidt, H.D., Hoppe, H. & Müller, K.D. The effect of changes in cardiac frequency on left and right ventricular dP/dt max at different contractile states of the myocardium. Europ. J. Appl. Physiol. 42, 183–198 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00431025
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