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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 46, 324-330, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Hemodynamic consequences of right ventricular isolation: the contribution of the right ventricular free wall to cardiac performance

RJ Damiano Jr, T Asano, PK Smith, TB Ferguson and JL Cox
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Surgical isolation of the right ventricular free wall was performed in 10 dogs to evaluate both the hemodynamic effects of the procedure and the postoperative contribution of right ventricular free wall contraction to overall cardiac performance. Following the procedure, there was no significant differences in peak right ventricular systolic pressure, right atrial pressure, right ventricular stroke volume, or cardiac index. Cardiac index remained at preoperative levels over a wide range of filling pressures. However, there was a significant decrease in right ventricular stroke work (6.0 +/- 1.3 gm-m/m2 to 5.1 +/- 0.5 gm-m/m2; p less than 0.05). Pacing the isolated right ventricular free wall resulted in marked hemodynamic improvement compared with an electrically silent right ventricular free wall. Cardiac index increased from 1.7 +/- 0.2 L/min/m2 to 2.6 +/- 0.2 L/min/m2 (p less than 0.0005), and right ventricular stroke work went from 3.0 +/- 0.6 gm-m/m2 to 6.4 +/- 0.9 gm-m/m2 (p less than 0.0005). Right ventricular performance was also significantly related to the timing of right ventricular free wall contraction. Thus, the right ventricular free wall played an important role in the maintenance of normal cardiac hemodynamics.

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