• J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · May 1997

    Dynamic cardiac compression improves contractile efficiency of the heart.

    • O Kawaguchi, Y Goto, Y Ohgoshi, H Yaku, M Murase, and H Suga.
    • Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
    • J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 1997 May 1; 113 (5): 923-31.

    AbstractThe effect of dynamic cardiac compression on left ventricular contractile efficiency was assessed in terms of the pressure-volume relationship and myocardial oxygen consumption. In 11 excised cross-circulated dog hearts, the ventricle was directly compressed during systole (dynamic cardiac compression). Measurements for pressure-volume area (a measure of total mechanical energy), external work, and myocardial oxygen consumption were done before and during dynamic cardiac compression. Dynamic cardiac compression increased pressure-volume area by 28% +/- 17% (mean plus or minus the standard deviation) and external work by 24% +/- 20% (p = 0.0000185 and 0.0000212, respectively) at given end-diastolic and stroke volumes without affecting myocardial oxygen consumption. As a result, the oxygen cost of pressure-volume area, that is, the slope of the myocardial oxygen consumption-pressure-volume area relationship, significantly decreased by 16% +/- 13% (p = 0.0000135) whereas the pressure-volume area-independent myocardial oxygen consumption was unchanged. Then, contractile efficiency, that is, the reciprocal of the slope of the myocardial oxygen consumption-pressure-volume area relationship in joules significantly improved from 45% +/- 8% to 53% +/- 13% (p = 0.0000437). When the native myocardial oxygen consumption-pressure-volume area relationship was assessed by subtracting the dynamic cardiac compression pressure applied to the heart, the slope of the myocardial oxygen comsumption-pressure-volume area relationship returned to the control level. This indicates that the contractile efficiency of the native heart was not affected by dynamic cardiac compression. We conclude that dynamic cardiac compression enhances left ventricular pump function by improving the contractile efficiency of the overall heart leaving the energetics of the native heart unchanged.

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