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Effect of increase in heart rate on interatrial shunt in atrial septal defect
Authors:Mitsuru Fukazawa  Junichiro Fukushige  Yoshiharu Ueda  Kohji Ueda  Kenji Sunagawa
Affiliation:(1) Department of Pediatrics Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, 812 Fukuoka, Japan;(2) Research Institute of Angiocardiology and Cardiovascular Clinic, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 3-1-1, Higashi-ku, 812 Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract:Summary The effect of increases in heart rate by atrial pacing was investigated in 20 children [mean 9±4 (SD) years] with atrial septal defect. Systemic blood flow increased by 13±10 and 27±22% with a 25 and 50% increase in heart rate, respectively. Pulmonary blood flow, however, remained unaltered. Thus, rapid pacing decreased the pulmonary to systemic blood flow ratio significantly (–15±10 and –22±13%, respectively). This hemodynamic alteration was attributed to the difference in diastolic distensibility (compliance) between the left and right ventricles, and the ratio of right ventricular to left ventricular compliance (defined by dV/dP) near the end-diastolic pressure was estimated to be 6.5±4.2. It is suspected that the increase in heart rate may contribute to the lowering of pulmonary to systemic flow ratio during exercise in children with atrial septal defect.
Keywords:Atrial septal defect  Heart rate  Atrial pacing  Ventricular compliance
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