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Chowdhury RA, Debney MT, Protti A, Handa BS, Patel KHK, Lyon AR, Shah AM, Ng FS, Peters NS. Rotigaptide Infusion for the First 7 Days After Myocardial Infarction-Reperfusion Reduced Late Complexity of Myocardial Architecture of the Healing Border-Zone and Arrhythmia Inducibility. J Am Heart Assoc 2021; 10:e020006. [PMID: 33870715 PMCID: PMC8200720 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.020006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Background Survivors of myocardial infarction are at increased risk of late ventricular arrhythmias, with infarct size and scar heterogeneity being key determinants of arrhythmic risk. Gap junctions facilitate the passage of small ions and morphogenic cell signaling between myocytes. We hypothesized that gap junctions enhancement during infarction–reperfusion modulates structural and electrophysiological remodeling and reduces late arrhythmogenesis. Methods and Results Infarction–reperfusion surgery was carried out in male Sprague‐Dawley rats followed by 7 days of rotigaptide or saline administration. The in vivo and ex vivo arrhythmogenicity was characterized by programmed electrical stimulation 3 weeks later, followed by diffusion‐weighted magnetic resonance imaging and Masson's trichrome histology. Three weeks after 7‐day postinfarction administration of rotigaptide, ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation was induced on programmed electrical stimulation in 20% and 53% of rats, respectively (rotigaptide versus control), resulting in reduction of arrhythmia score (3.2 versus 1.4, P=0.018), associated with the reduced magnetic resonance imaging parameters fractional anisotropy (fractional anisotropy: −5% versus −15%; P=0.062) and mean diffusivity (mean diffusivity: 2% versus 6%, P=0.042), and remodeling of the 3‐dimensional laminar structure of the infarct border zone with reduction of the mean (16° versus 19°, P=0.013) and the dispersion (9° versus 12°, P=0.015) of the myofiber transverse angle. There was no change in ECG features, spontaneous arrhythmias, or mortality. Conclusions Enhancement of gap junctions function by rotigaptide administered during the early healing phase in reperfused infarction reduces later complexity of infarct scar morphology and programmed electrical stimulation–induced arrhythmias, and merits further exploration as a feasible and practicable intervention in the acute myocardial infarction management to reduce late arrhythmic risk.
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- Rasheda A Chowdhury
- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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- King's British Heart Foundation Centre School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences Kings College London London United Kingdom
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- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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- King's British Heart Foundation Centre School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences Kings College London London United Kingdom
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- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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- National Heart & Lung Institute and ElectroCardioMaths Programme of the Imperial Centre for Cardiac EngineeringImperial College London London United Kingdom
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von Deuster C, Sammut E, Asner L, Nordsletten D, Lamata P, Stoeck CT, Kozerke S, Razavi R. Studying Dynamic Myofiber Aggregate Reorientation in Dilated Cardiomyopathy Using In Vivo Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 9:CIRCIMAGING.116.005018. [PMID: 27729361 PMCID: PMC5068188 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.116.005018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background— The objective of this study is to assess the dynamic alterations of myocardial microstructure and strain between diastole and systole in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy relative to healthy controls using the magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging, myocardial tagging, and biomechanical modeling. Methods and Results— Dual heart-phase diffusion tensor imaging was successfully performed in 9 patients and 9 controls. Tagging data were acquired for the diffusion tensor strain correction and cardiac motion analysis. Mean diffusivity, fractional anisotropy, and myocyte aggregate orientations were compared between both cohorts. Cardiac function was assessed by left ventricular ejection fraction, torsion, and strain. Computational modeling was used to study the impact of cardiac shape on fiber reorientation and how fiber orientations affect strain. In patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, a more longitudinal orientation of diastolic myofiber aggregates was measured compared with controls. Although a significant steepening of helix angles (HAs) during contraction was found in the controls, consistent change in HAs during contraction was absent in patients. Left ventricular ejection fraction, cardiac torsion, and strain were significantly lower in the patients compared with controls. Computational modeling revealed that the dilated heart results in reduced HA changes compared with a normal heart. Reduced torsion was found to be exacerbated by steeper HAs. Conclusions— Diffusion tensor imaging revealed reduced reorientation of myofiber aggregates during cardiac contraction in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy relative to controls. Left ventricular remodeling seems to be an important factor in the changes to myocyte orientation. Steeper HAs are coupled with a worsening in strain and torsion. Overall, the findings provide new insights into the structural alterations in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.
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- Constantin von Deuster
- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.).
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- From the Department for Biomedical Engineering, Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (C.v.D., E.S., L.A., D.N., P.L., C.T.S, S.K., R.R.); and Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (C.v.D., C.T.S., S.K.)
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Mazumder R, Choi S, Clymer BD, White RD, Kolipaka A. Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Healthy and Infarcted Porcine Hearts: Study on the Impact of Formalin Fixation. J Med Imaging Radiat Sci 2016; 47:74-85. [PMID: 26989451 PMCID: PMC4790101 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmir.2015.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Due to complexities of in-vivo cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), ex-vivo formalin-fixed specimens are used to investigate cardiac remodeling in diseases, and reported results have shown conflicting trends. This study investigates the impact of formalin-fixation on diffusion properties and optimizes tracking parameters based on controls to understand remodeling in myocardial-infarction (MI). METHODS DTI was performed on 4 healthy (controls) and 4 MI induced formalin-fixed (PoMI) ex-vivo porcine hearts. Controls were scanned pre-fixation (PrCtrl) and re-scanned (PoCtrl) after formalin-fixation. Fractional anisotropy (FA) and apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) were estimated in all hearts. Tracking parameters (FA, tract termination angle (TTA), fiber-length) were optimized in controls and then used to investigate structural remodeling in PoMI hearts. RESULTS Fixation increased ADC and decreased FA. PoMI showed increased ADC but decreased FA in infarcted zone compared to remote zone. TTA showed sharp increase in slope from 5°-10°, which flattened after 25° in all groups. Mean fiber-length for different tracking length range showed that PoCtrl had shorter fibers compared to PrCtrl. Fibers around infarction were shorter in length and disarrayed compared to PoCtrl group. CONCLUSION Formalin-fixation affects diffusion properties and hence DTI parametric trends observed in pathology may be influenced by the fixation process which can cause contradictory findings.
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- Ria Mazumder
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 205
Dreese Laboratories, 2015 Neil Avenue, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
43210, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Room 460, 395 W. 12th Avenue, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 205
Dreese Laboratories, 2015 Neil Avenue, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
43210, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Room 460, 395 W. 12th Avenue, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, 244 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, 473 W. 12th Avenue, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Room 460, 395 W. 12th Avenue, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Cardiovascular
Medicine, 244 Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, 473 W. 12th Avenue, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Veress AI, Segars WP, Tsui BMW, Gullberg GT. Incorporation of a left ventricle finite element model defining infarction into the XCAT imaging phantom. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2011; 30:915-927. [PMID: 21041157 PMCID: PMC3097415 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2010.2089801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The 4D extended cardiac-torso (XCAT) phantom was developed to provide a realistic and flexible model of the human anatomy and cardiac and respiratory motions for use in medical imaging research. A prior limitation to the phantom was that it did not accurately simulate altered functions of the heart that result from cardiac pathologies such as coronary artery disease (CAD). We overcame this limitation in a previous study by combining the phantom with a finite-element (FE) mechanical model of the left ventricle (LV) capable of more realistically simulating regional defects caused by ischemia. In the present work, we extend this model giving it the ability to accurately simulate motion abnormalities caused by myocardial infarction (MI), a far more complex situation in terms of altered mechanics compared with the modeling of acute ischemia. The FE model geometry is based on high resolution CT images of a normal male subject. An anterior region was defined as infarcted and the material properties and fiber distribution were altered, according to the bio-physiological properties of two types of infarction, i.e., fibrous and remodeled infarction (30% thinner wall than fibrous case). Compared with the original, surface-based 4D beating heart model of the XCAT, where regional abnormalities are modeled by simply scaling down the motion in those regions, the FE model was found to provide a more accurate representation of the abnormal motion of the LV due to the effects of fibrous infarction as well as depicting the motion of remodeled infarction. In particular, the FE models allow for the accurate depiction of dyskinetic motion. The average circumferential strain results were found to be consistent with measured dyskinetic experimental results. Combined with the 4D XCAT phantom, the FE model can be used to produce realistic multimodality sets of imaging data from a variety of patients in which the normal or abnormal cardiac function is accurately represented.
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- Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705 USA
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- E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Science Division, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
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Benson AP, Bernus O, Dierckx H, Gilbert SH, Greenwood JP, Holden AV, Mohee K, Plein S, Radjenovic A, Ries ME, Smith GL, Sourbron S, Walton RD. Construction and validation of anisotropic and orthotropic ventricular geometries for quantitative predictive cardiac electrophysiology. Interface Focus 2010; 1:101-16. [PMID: 22419977 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Reaction-diffusion computational models of cardiac electrophysiology require both dynamic excitation models that reconstruct the action potentials of myocytes as well as datasets of cardiac geometry and architecture that provide the electrical diffusion tensor D, which determines how excitation spreads through the tissue. We illustrate an experimental pipeline we have developed in our laboratories for constructing and validating such datasets. The tensor D changes with location in the myocardium, and is determined by tissue architecture. Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging (DT-MRI) provides three eigenvectors e(i) and eigenvalues λ(i) at each voxel throughout the tissue that can be used to reconstruct this architecture. The primary eigenvector e(1) is a histologically validated measure of myocyte orientation (responsible for anisotropic propagation). The secondary and tertiary eigenvectors (e(2) and e(3)) specify the directions of any orthotropic structure if λ(2) is significantly greater than λ(3)-this orthotropy has been identified with sheets or cleavage planes. For simulations, the components of D are scaled in the fibre and cross-fibre directions for anisotropic simulations (or fibre, sheet and sheet normal directions for orthotropic tissues) so that simulated conduction velocities match values from optical imaging or plunge electrode experiments. The simulated pattern of propagation of action potentials in the models is partially validated by optical recordings of spatio-temporal activity on the surfaces of hearts. We also describe several techniques that enhance components of the pipeline, or that allow the pipeline to be applied to different areas of research: Q ball imaging provides evidence for multi-modal orientation distributions within a fraction of voxels, infarcts can be identified by changes in the anisotropic structure-irregularity in myocyte orientation and a decrease in fractional anisotropy, clinical imaging provides human ventricular geometry and can identify ischaemic and infarcted regions, and simulations in human geometries examine the roles of anisotropic and orthotropic architecture in the initiation of arrhythmias.
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- Alan P Benson
- Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , UK
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Strijkers GJ, Bouts A, Blankesteijn WM, Peeters THJM, Vilanova A, van Prooijen MC, Sanders HMHF, Heijman E, Nicolay K. Diffusion tensor imaging of left ventricular remodeling in response to myocardial infarction in the mouse. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2009; 22:182-190. [PMID: 18780284 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The cardiac muscle architecture lies at the basis of the mechanical and electrical properties of the heart, and dynamic alterations in fiber structure are known to be of prime importance in healing and remodeling after myocardial infarction. In this study, left ventricular remodeling was characterized using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in a mouse model of myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction was induced in mice by permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Serial ex vivo DTI measurements were performed 7, 14, 28, and 60 days after ligation. Apparent diffusion coefficient, fractional anisotropy, the three eigenvalues of the diffusion tensor, and the myofiber disarray served as readout parameters. After myocardial infarction, the mouse hearts displayed extreme wall thinning in the infarcted area, which covered large parts of the apex and extended into the free wall up to the equator. Average heart mass increased by 70% 7-60 days after infarction. Histological analysis showed that the infarct at 7 days consisted of unstructured tissue with residual necrosis and infiltration of macrophages and myofibroblasts. At 14 days after infarction, the necrotic tissue had disappeared and collagen fibers were starting to appear. From 28 to 60 days, the infarct had fully developed into a mature scar. DTI parameters showed dynamic changes as a function of time after infarction. The apparent diffusion coefficient in the infarcted region was lower than in remote regions and increased as a function of time after infarction. The fractional anisotropy was higher in the infarcted region and was maximum at 28 days, which was attributed to the development of structured collagen fibers. Myofiber disarray, which was analyzed by considering the alignment of fibers in neighboring voxels, was significantly higher in infarcted regions. DTI provides a valuable non-destructive tool for characterizing structural remodeling in diseased myocardium.
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- Gustav J Strijkers
- Biomedical NMR, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
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