TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial correlation of action potential duration and diastolic dysfunction in transgenic and drug-induced LQT2 rabbits
AU - Odening, Katja E.
AU - Jung, Bernd A.
AU - Lang, Corinna N.
AU - Cabrera Lozoya, Rocio
AU - Ziupa, David
AU - Menza, Marius
AU - Relan, Jatin
AU - Franke, Gerlind
AU - Perez Feliz, Stefanie
AU - Koren, Gideon
AU - Zehender, Manfred
AU - Bode, Christoph
AU - Brunner, Michael
AU - Sermesant, Maxime
AU - Föll, Daniela
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Margarete von Wrangell Habilitation Program by the MWK Baden Württemberg and the European Social Fund.
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Background Enhanced dispersion of action potential duration (APD) is a major contributor to long QT syndrome (LQTS)-related arrhythmias. Objective To investigate spatial correlations of regional heterogeneities in cardiac repolarization and mechanical function in LQTS. Methods Female transgenic LQTS type 2 (LQT2; n = 11) and wild-type littermate control (LMC) rabbits (n = 9 without E4031 and n = 10 with E4031) were subjected to phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging to assess regional myocardial velocities. In the same rabbits' hearts, monophasic APDs were assessed in corresponding segments. Results In LQT2 and E4031-treated rabbits, APD was longer in all left ventricular segments (P <.01) and APD dispersion was greater than that in LMC rabbits (P <.01). In diastole, peak radial velocities (Vr) were reduced in LQT2 and E4031-treated compared to LMC rabbits in LV base and mid (LQT2: -3.36 ± 0.4 cm/s, P <.01; E4031-treated: -3.24 ± 0.6 cm/s, P <.0001; LMC: -4.42 ± 0.5 cm/s), indicating an impaired diastolic function. Regionally heterogeneous diastolic Vr correlated with APD (LQT2: correlation coefficient [CC] 0.38, P =.01; E4031-treated: CC 0.42, P <.05). Time-to-diastolic peak Vr were prolonged in LQT2 rabbits (LQT2: 196.8 ± 2.9 ms, P <.001; E4031-treated: 199.5 ± 2.2 ms, P <.0001, LMC 183.1 ± 1.5), indicating a prolonged contraction duration. Moreover, in transgenic LQT2 rabbits, diastolic time-to-diastolic peak Vr correlated with APD (CC 0.47, P =.001). In systole, peak Vr were reduced in LQT2 and E4031-treated rabbits (P <.01) but longitudinal velocities or ejection fraction did not differ. Finally, random forest machine learning algorithms enabled a differentiation between LQT2, E4031-treated, and LMC rabbits solely based on "mechanical" magnetic resonance imaging data. Conclusions The prolongation of APD led to impaired diastolic and systolic function in transgenic and drug-induced LQT2 rabbits. APD correlated with regional diastolic dysfunction, indicating that LQTS is not purely an electrical but an electromechanical disorder.
AB - Background Enhanced dispersion of action potential duration (APD) is a major contributor to long QT syndrome (LQTS)-related arrhythmias. Objective To investigate spatial correlations of regional heterogeneities in cardiac repolarization and mechanical function in LQTS. Methods Female transgenic LQTS type 2 (LQT2; n = 11) and wild-type littermate control (LMC) rabbits (n = 9 without E4031 and n = 10 with E4031) were subjected to phase contrast magnetic resonance imaging to assess regional myocardial velocities. In the same rabbits' hearts, monophasic APDs were assessed in corresponding segments. Results In LQT2 and E4031-treated rabbits, APD was longer in all left ventricular segments (P <.01) and APD dispersion was greater than that in LMC rabbits (P <.01). In diastole, peak radial velocities (Vr) were reduced in LQT2 and E4031-treated compared to LMC rabbits in LV base and mid (LQT2: -3.36 ± 0.4 cm/s, P <.01; E4031-treated: -3.24 ± 0.6 cm/s, P <.0001; LMC: -4.42 ± 0.5 cm/s), indicating an impaired diastolic function. Regionally heterogeneous diastolic Vr correlated with APD (LQT2: correlation coefficient [CC] 0.38, P =.01; E4031-treated: CC 0.42, P <.05). Time-to-diastolic peak Vr were prolonged in LQT2 rabbits (LQT2: 196.8 ± 2.9 ms, P <.001; E4031-treated: 199.5 ± 2.2 ms, P <.0001, LMC 183.1 ± 1.5), indicating a prolonged contraction duration. Moreover, in transgenic LQT2 rabbits, diastolic time-to-diastolic peak Vr correlated with APD (CC 0.47, P =.001). In systole, peak Vr were reduced in LQT2 and E4031-treated rabbits (P <.01) but longitudinal velocities or ejection fraction did not differ. Finally, random forest machine learning algorithms enabled a differentiation between LQT2, E4031-treated, and LMC rabbits solely based on "mechanical" magnetic resonance imaging data. Conclusions The prolongation of APD led to impaired diastolic and systolic function in transgenic and drug-induced LQT2 rabbits. APD correlated with regional diastolic dysfunction, indicating that LQTS is not purely an electrical but an electromechanical disorder.
KW - CardiacMRI
KW - Cardiacelectrophysiology
KW - Diastolic function
KW - Long QTsyndrome
KW - Rabbits
KW - Repolarization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.038
DO - 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.07.038
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C2 - 23892340
AN - SCOPUS:84884622088
SN - 1547-5271
VL - 10
SP - 1533
EP - 1541
JO - Heart Rhythm
JF - Heart Rhythm
IS - 10
ER -