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High-density epicardial mapping during current injection and ventricular activation in rat hearts. 1998

E Macchi, and M Cavalieri, and D Stilli, and E Musso, and S Baruffi, and G Olivetti, and P R Ershler, and R L Lux, and B Taccardi
Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Funzionale, Sezione Fisiologia, Università degli Studi, 43100 Parma, Italy.

The purpose of this study is to report new methods for manufacturing precision electrode arrays for recording high-resolution potential distributions from epicardial surfaces of small-animal hearts. Electrode arrays of 64 leads (8 x 8) and 121 leads (11 x 11) were constructed with a tulle substrate to which insulated, fine silver wires (60-micrometer diameter) were attached by knots at mesh node intervals of 540 x 720 micrometers. Insulation was removed at the tips of the knots. Potential distributions and waveforms were recorded from saline solutions and rat heart epicardium during ventricular paced beats and during passive current injection in the diastolic interval. Electrical responses obtained from rat epicardium compared favorably with those observed in studies of larger-animal hearts, which used arrays having greater electrode spacing, and revealed the effects of myocardial anisotropy. Epicardial potentials measured early after stimulation in the region surrounding the pacing site were interpreted in terms of potentials generated by an equivalent quadrupolar source. We conclude that electrode arrays for epicardial mapping of small hearts can be constructed with sufficient ease and precision to allow detailed study of fiber structure and electrophysiology in these hearts in normal and pathological conditions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010496 Pericardium A conical fibro-serous sac surrounding the HEART and the roots of the great vessels (AORTA; VENAE CAVAE; PULMONARY ARTERY). Pericardium consists of two sacs: the outer fibrous pericardium and the inner serous pericardium. The latter consists of an outer parietal layer facing the fibrous pericardium, and an inner visceral layer (epicardium) resting next to the heart, and a pericardial cavity between these two layers. Epicardium,Fibrous Pericardium,Parietal Pericardium,Pericardial Cavity,Pericardial Space,Serous Pericardium,Visceral Pericardium,Cavities, Pericardial,Cavity, Pericardial,Pericardial Cavities,Pericardial Spaces,Pericardium, Fibrous,Pericardium, Parietal,Pericardium, Serous,Pericardium, Visceral,Pericardiums, Fibrous,Pericardiums, Serous,Serous Pericardiums,Space, Pericardial,Spaces, Pericardial
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D004594 Electrophysiology The study of the generation and behavior of electrical charges in living organisms particularly the nervous system and the effects of electricity on living organisms.
D006321 Heart The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood. Hearts
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
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
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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