β-adrenergic receptor activation promotes cardiac miR-21 expression by paracrine action of IL-6 from fibroblasts     

YU Hai-yi  SONG Yao  MA Xiao-wei  FENG Wei  GAO Wei  ZHANG You-yi 《园艺学报》2019,35(2):193-199

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Plasma NT‐proBNP and Cell‐Free DNA Concentrations after Prolonged Strenuous Exercise in Working Farm Dogs          下载免费PDF全文

H. Hunt  N. Cave  J. Bridges  K. Gedye  K. Hill 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2018,32(1):135-141

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Echocardiography and conventional Doppler examination in clinically healthy adult Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: Effect of body weight,age, and gender,and establishment of reference intervals     

《Journal of Veterinary Cardiology》2014,16(2):91-100

ObjectivesThe objectives of this study were (1) to assess the potential effect of body weight (BW), age, and gender on the most commonly used echocardiographic and conventional Doppler variables in a large population of healthy Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCS), and (2) to establish the corresponding reference intervals (RI).Animals134 healthy adult CKCS.MethodsUltrasound examinations were performed by trained observers in awake dogs. M-mode variables included left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic and end-systolic diameters, LV free wall and interventricular septal thicknesses at end-diastole and end-systole, and LV fractional shortening (FS%). The left atrium (LA) and aortic (Ao) diameters were measured using a 2D method, and the LA/Ao was calculated. Pulsed-wave Doppler variables included peak systolic aortic and pulmonary flow velocities, mitral E and A waves, and E/A ratio. Effects of BW, age, and gender on these 15 variables were tested using a general linear model, and RIs were determined by applying the statistical procedures recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.ResultsA significant BW effect was observed for all variables, except LA/Ao, FS%, and mitral E/A ratio. A significant but negligible effect of gender and age was also observed for 5/15 and 4/15 of the tested variables, respectively. Only the BW effect on M-mode variables was considered as clinically relevant and the corresponding regression-based RIs were calculated.ConclusionsBody weight should be taken into account when interpreting echocardiographic values in CKCS, except for LA/Ao, FS%, and mitral E/A ratio.  相似文献   

药用真菌双向固体发酵草乌后菌质对小鼠的急性毒性及致大鼠心律失常作用     

王身艳  刘学湘  王娟红  陈建伟 《安徽农业科学》2015,(33)

[目的]研究药用真菌灵芝、茯苓、红栓菌和扇菇菌运用双向固体发酵草乌后菌质(分别称为灵乌菌质、茯乌菌质、栓乌菌质和扇乌菌质)对小鼠的急性毒性作用和对大鼠心脏毒性的影响.[方法]运用双向发酵技术获得菌质,根据急性毒性预试验结果进行最大耐受量试验,采用Powerlab生理信号记录系统,通过观察大鼠Ⅱ导联心电图变化研究不同药物对大鼠的心脏毒性.[结果]相同剂量下灌胃给药,在给药7d后各处理组小鼠体重增长明显低于正常对照组;给药14 d后,灵乌菌质组体重增长很快,接近于正常对照组;与炮制品组相比,灵乌菌质组、扇乌菌质组和栓乌菌质组对大鼠心律失常发生次数有显著性降低作用(P ＜0.05或P＜0.01),而茯乌菌质组对大鼠心律失常的影响和炮制品组没有显著差异;各发酵组间没有显著差异.[结论]灵乌菌质、扇乌菌质和栓乌菌质具有降低心律失常发生率的作用.  相似文献   

Atrial Fibrillation in Eight New World Camelids          下载免费PDF全文

R. Bozorgmanesh  K.G. Magdesian  K.E. Estell  J.A. Stern  E.A. Swain  L.G. Griffiths 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2016,30(1):335-338

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Papillary muscle measurements in cats with normal echocardiograms and cats with concentric left ventricular hypertrophy     

Adin DB  Diley-Poston L 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2007,21(4):737-741

BACKGROUND: Papillary muscle hypertrophy can occur in conjunction with, or as the only indication of, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy or other diseases that result in left ventricular concentric hypertrophy (LVCH). Assessment of papillary muscle size is usually subjective because objective measures have not been reported. HYPOTHESIS: The study hypothesis was that papillary muscle dimensions are different between normal cats and cats with LVCH. ANIMALS: Echocardiograms from 44 normal cats and 40 cats with LVCH were included in the study. METHODS: All measurements were taken from the right parasternal short-axis view at the level of the papillary muscles at end-diastole. Three methods were used to assess papillary muscle size: the area subtraction method, the direct area trace method, and the diameter method. Measurements were compared between cat groups and method comparisons were made among methods for area determination. RESULTS: Cats with LVCH were older and had significantly greater left ventricular septal and free wall thicknesses and larger left atrial measurements than normal cats (P < .0006). Papillary muscle measurements were significantly greater by all measurement methods in cats with LVCH than in cats with normal echocardiograms (P < .0001). The area subtraction method and direct area trace method showed moderate agreement. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Papillary muscle measurements were larger for LVCH cats than normal cats; however, some overlap was present. The establishment of these objective measures adds to the echocardiographic examination of cats.  相似文献   

Cardiovascular effects of acute pulmonary obstruction in horses with recurrent airway obstruction     

Johansson AM  Gardner SY  Atkins CE  LaFevers DH  Breuhaus BA 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2007,21(2):302-307

BACKGROUND: Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) is common in horses. Although pulmonary artery (PA) pressure increases during RAO, cardiac function in horses with RAO has received limited attention. HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to noninvasively determine the cardiovascular effects of acute pulmonary obstruction (APO) in horses with RAO and their reversibility. ANIMALS: Five geldings with RAO, inducible by exposure to moldy hay, were studied. METHODS: Pulmonary mechanics, echocardiography, serum troponin I concentrations, arterial blood gases, and hematocrit were obtained before and after 7 days of APO. Heart rate, PA diameter and flow characteristics, right and left ventricular luminal dimensions and wall thicknesses, global cardiac performance, and evidence of myocardial damage were evaluated. Pulmonary mechanics and echocardiography were reevaluated during remission. RRESULTS: Severe, transient APO did not induce chronic cor pulmonale in horses, because cardiac anatomy and function were normal between episodes. An acute episode of APO produced anatomical and functional cardiac changes in both the right and left heart (including increased PA diameter, abnormal septal motion, and decreased left ventricular diameter and estimated stroke volume), possibly because of the development of pulmonary hypertension, without apparent myocardial damage. The decrease in stroke volume was offset by the increase in heart rate. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: With APO of 7 days' duration, cardiovascular abnormalities and the functional airway changes that produce them are reversible when the offending allergens are removed.  相似文献   

Dual-chamber pacemaker implantation via the cephalic vein in healthy equids     

van Loon G  Fonteyne W  Rottiers H  Tavernier R  Jordaens L  D'Hont L  Colpaert R  De Clercq T  Deprez P 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》2001,15(6):564-571

The purpose of the present study was to develop a feasible and safe technique for dual-chamber pacemaker implantation in healthy horses. Implantation was performed in a standing, tranquilized horse and in ponies. Atrial and ventricular leads were transvenously inserted through the cephalic vein, and a subcutaneous pacemaker pocket was created between the lateral pectoral groove and the manubrium sterni in 6 equids. Positioning of each lead was guided by echocardiography and by measuring the electrical characteristics of the lead. The implantation procedure lasted about 4 hours in each animal and was well tolerated. In all animals, dual-chamber pacemaker function was obtained, and these results remained good throughout the follow-up period. At the time of implantation, atrial and ventricular sensing were between 2.1 and 7.2 mV and 7.8 and 16.8 mV, respectively, and atrial and ventricular pacing thresholds at 0.5 millisecond varied from 0.5 to 0.7 V and from 0.3 to 1.0 V, respectively. Six months after the implantation, sensing values varied from 2 to 10 mV for the atrial lead and from 2 to 16 mV for the ventricular lead, while pacing thresholds at 0.5 millisecond varied from less than 0.5 to 2.5 V for the right atrium and from less than 0.5 to 5.0 V for the right ventricle. Atrial lead dislodgment occurred in 2 animals, requiring insertion of a new lead. Ventricular lead dislodgment was not observed.  相似文献   

Clinical assessment of left ventricular relaxation     

Constable P  Muir W  Sisson D 《Journal of veterinary internal medicine / American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine》1999,13(1):5-13

Ventricular relaxation is altered in a number of cardiac disorders affecting domestic animals. Clinical determination of the ventricular relaxation rate can provide useful information regarding disease severity and response to therapy. We believe that the current gold standard for assessing left ventricular relaxation requires measurement of ventricular luminal pressure at end-expiration using a high-fidelity catheter. Ventricular pressure should be digitized at ≥200 Hz for the period of pressure fall between the minimum rate of change of ventricular pressure and 10 mm Hg above left ventricular end-diastolic pressure of the preceding beat. The rate of relaxation then should be determined from the digitized data by Marquardt nonlinear least squares parameter estimation using an exponential decay model with nonzero asymptote. The major disadvantage in using an invasive method for evaluating left ventricular relaxation is that it requires general anesthesia in animals that frequently are categorized as high-risk anesthetic patients. Noninvasive estimates of ventricular relaxation using echocardiographic parameters such as isovolumic relaxation time, peak early filling rate, and time from end-systole to peak filling rate provide a crude and nonspecific assessment of ventricular relaxation that can be obtained from conscious animals. Determinations of these echocardiographic indices are of limited usefulness in assessing changes in ventricular relaxation associated with disease progression or therapeutic intervention, unless concurrent estimates of left atrial pressure, mitral valve characteristics, and left ventricular compliance are available.  相似文献   

Effect of thyroid hormone supplementation on survival of euthyroid dogs with congestive heart failure due to systolic myocardial dysfunction: a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial     

Tidholm A  Falk T  Gundler S  Svensson H  Ablad B  Sylvén C 《Research in veterinary science》2003,75(3):195-201

Nineteen euthyroid dogs of 12 breeds with echocardiographic signs of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and radiographic and clinical signs of congestive heart failure (CHF) were evaluated in a randomised, double-blind, and placebo-controlled study. The dogs received either thyroxine or placebo as an adjunct to digoxin, furosemide and propranolol. The group assignment of individual dogs and serum concentrations of thyroid hormones remained unknown to owners and investigators during the entire study period. Dogs were evaluated clinically and with electrocardiography (ECG), thoracic radiography, echocardiography and measurement of total thyroxine (tT4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) before beginning of the trial, and then one week, 2 months, 6 months and yearly after initial examination, and, when applicable, at the time of euthanasia. End-point of the study was euthanasia (n = 17) due to severe congestive heart failure or sudden death (n = 2). Survival times ranged from 17 to 1030 days (median 187 days) in the placebo group, and from 18 to 1000 days (median 73 days) in the treatment group. There was no statistically significant difference in survival times between the treatment group and the placebo group (p = 0.46). Post mortem and histopathologic examinations revealed the attenuated wavy fiber type of DCM in 11 dogs, and myocardial infarcts, arteriosclerosis and chronic valvular disease in one dog. In conclusion, there was a wide range in survival times of dogs treated with digoxin, furosemide and propranolol. Adding thyroid hormones to the treatment did not significantly influence survival.  相似文献