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To make a comparison of two exponential models of the time constant (Tw: Weiss's method, Tc: exponential analysis with a variable asymptote) during left ventricular (LV) isovolumic relaxation, we assessed LV pressure decay in 104 patients with coronary artery disease (CADpts) and 21 normal subjects at rest and after pacing, and investigated the hemodynamic determinants of these two models using forward-backward stepwise multiple regression analysis. At rest, Tw was prolonged as the left ventricular minimal pressure (LVPmin), the left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) and the end-systolic volume (ESV) increased (multiple regression coefficient: R = 0.87), whereas Tc was prolonged as ESV and regional wall motion abnormality (RWMA) increased (R = 0.72). Pacing-induced changes in Tw were augmented as LVPmin and RWMA increased (R = 0.75), whereas changes in Tc were augmented as RWMA increased (R = 0.63). Thus, the changes in Tw may be due to an increase in LVPmin rather than to any direct effect of ischemia on the relaxation rate. The relaxation rate can be evaluated more reliably by Tc than by Tw, irrespective of associated pressure changes during ischemia in CADpts.
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