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Impact of Thoracic Surgery on Cardiac Morphology and Function in Small Animal Models of Heart Disease: A Cardiac MRI Study in Rats

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  • Background Surgical procedures in small animal models of heart disease might evoke alterations in cardiac morphology and function. The aim of this study was to reveal and quantify such potential artificial early or long term effects in vivo, which might account for a significant bias in basic cardiovascular research, and, therefore, could potentially question the meaning of respective studies. Methods Female Wistar rats (n = 6 per group) were matched for weight and assorted for sham left coronary artery ligation or control. CardiacBackground Surgical procedures in small animal models of heart disease might evoke alterations in cardiac morphology and function. The aim of this study was to reveal and quantify such potential artificial early or long term effects in vivo, which might account for a significant bias in basic cardiovascular research, and, therefore, could potentially question the meaning of respective studies. Methods Female Wistar rats (n = 6 per group) were matched for weight and assorted for sham left coronary artery ligation or control. Cardiac morphology and function was then investigated in vivo by cine magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla 1 and 8 weeks after the surgical procedure. The time course of metabolic and inflammatory blood parameters was determined in addition. Results Compared to healthy controls, rats after sham surgery showed a lower body weight both 1 week (267.5±10.6 vs. 317.0±11.3 g, n<0.05) and 8 weeks (317.0±21.1 vs. 358.7±22.4 g, n<0.05) after the intervention. Left and right ventricular morphology and function were not different in absolute measures in both groups 1 week after surgery. However, there was a confined difference in several cardiac parameters normalized to the body weight (bw), such as myocardial mass (2.19±0.30/0.83±0.13 vs. 1.85±0.22/0.70±0.07 mg left/right per g bw, p<0.05), or enddiastolic ventricular volume (1.31±0.36/1.21±0.31 vs. 1.14±0.20/1.07±0.17 µl left/right per g bw, p<0.05). Vice versa, after 8 weeks, cardiac masses, volumes, and output showed a trend for lower values in sham operated rats compared to controls in absolute measures (782.2±57.2/260.2±33.2 vs. 805.9±84.8/310.4±48.5 mg, p<0.05 for left/right ventricular mass), but not normalized to body weight. Matching these findings, blood testing revealed only minor inflammatory but prolonged metabolic changes after surgery not related to cardiac disease. Conclusion Cardio-thoracic surgical procedures in experimental myocardial infarction cause distinct alterations upon the global integrity of the organism, which in the long term also induce circumscribed repercussions on cardiac morphology and function. This impact has to be considered when analyzing data from respective animal studies and transferring these findings to conditions in patients.show moreshow less

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Author: Peter Nordbeck, Leoni Bönhof, Karl-Heinz Hiller, Sabine Voll, Paula Arias-Loza, Lea Seidlmaier, Tatjana Williams, Yu-Xiang Ye, Daniel Gensler, Theo Pelzer, Georg Ertl, Peter M. Jakob, Wolfgang R. Bauer, Oliver Ritter
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130064
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie / Physikalisches Institut
Medizinische Fakultät / Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I
Language:English
Parent Title (English):PLoS ONE
Year of Completion:2013
Volume:8
Issue:8
Pagenumber:e68275
Source:PLoS ONE 8(8): e68275. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068275
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068275
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:blood; body weight; cardiac ventricles; heart rate; magnetic resonance imaging; myocardial infarction; surgical and invasive medical procedures; vascular surgery
Release Date:2016/07/04
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung