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Effect of cocaine on left ventricular function. Relation to increased wall stress and persistence after treatment. 1995

P M Mehta, and T A Grainger, and R M Lust, and A Movahed, and J Terry, and M G Gilliland, and S R Jolly
Department of Internal Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858-4354, USA.

BACKGROUND To determine whether alterations in left ventricular (LV) function after a cocaine infusion are due to reduced myocardial contractility or changes in loading conditions, we examined LV function in 30 morphine-sedated, closed-chest dogs. We also wanted to determine the time course of the effects of cocaine on LV function after the infusion was stopped. RESULTS Two-dimensional echocardiography and hemodynamics provided LV fractional shortening and end-systolic wall stress data. Radionuclide ventriculography was also performed. Four groups of dogs received saline or cocaine infusions of 10, 30, or 100 micrograms.kg-1.min-1. Cocaine was infused for 90 minutes with ECG and arterial pressure monitoring. Animals were monitored for an additional 120 minutes after the infusion ended. Arterial pressure rose over the course of the experiment in all four groups, but saline and cocaine 10 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 did not significantly change ejection fraction. Cocaine 30 and 100 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 acutely increased arterial pressure and heart rate but decreased ejection fraction from 0.64 +/- 0.06 to 0.45 +/- 0.08 and from 0.65 +/- 0.10 to 0.46 +/- 0.11, respectively. Additionally, cocaine 100 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 decreased fractional shortening from 36 +/- 9% to 23 +/- 12%. However, cocaine 30 and 100 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 also increased wall stress from 42 +/- 15 to 65 +/- 11 g/cm2 and from 37 +/- 15 to 90 +/- 33 g/cm2, respectively. These results were analyzed by use of the relation between wall stress and fractional shortening as an index of contractility. Fractional shortening after cocaine infusion was displaced downward as a result of increased wall stress rather than changes in contractility. In addition, alteration of afterload with phenylephrine (6 micrograms/kg) and sodium nitroprusside (10 micrograms/kg) before and during infusion of cocaine 100 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 showed similar regression lines for wall stress to fractional shortening. CONCLUSIONS Ejection-phase indexes of LV function were reduced by cocaine in this model of conscious, sedated dogs, but effects were attributable to increased wall stress rather than to reduced myocardial contractility. These effects persisted for at least 2 hours after the infusion was stopped.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009200 Myocardial Contraction Contractile activity of the MYOCARDIUM. Heart Contractility,Inotropism, Cardiac,Cardiac Inotropism,Cardiac Inotropisms,Contractilities, Heart,Contractility, Heart,Contraction, Myocardial,Contractions, Myocardial,Heart Contractilities,Inotropisms, Cardiac,Myocardial Contractions
D003042 Cocaine An alkaloid ester extracted from the leaves of plants including coca. It is a local anesthetic and vasoconstrictor and is clinically used for that purpose, particularly in the eye, ear, nose, and throat. It also has powerful central nervous system effects similar to the amphetamines and is a drug of abuse. Cocaine, like amphetamines, acts by multiple mechanisms on brain catecholaminergic neurons; the mechanism of its reinforcing effects is thought to involve inhibition of dopamine uptake. Cocaine HCl,Cocaine Hydrochloride,HCl, Cocaine,Hydrochloride, Cocaine
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D005260 Female Females
D006321 Heart The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood. Hearts
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D000792 Angiography Radiography of blood vessels after injection of a contrast medium. Arteriography,Angiogram,Angiograms,Angiographies,Arteriographies
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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