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J Appl Physiol 40: 132-137, 1976;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 40, Issue 2 132-137, Copyright © 1976 by American Physiological Society

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Sudden interruption of leaflet opening by ventricular contractions: a mechanism of mitral regurgitation

A. G. Tsakiris, D. A. Gordon, Y. Mathieu, R. Padiyar and C. Labrosse

The motion of both mitral cusps and the presence of valvular regurgitation during ventricular contractions were investigated in seven experiments on dogs in which radiopaque markers had been sutured to the cusps and the valve annulus 1-32 wk before the studies. Cineangiograms of the left ventricle were obtained during ventricular ectopic beats, interposed throughout the cardiac cycle (20-99% of cycle length) and during induced variations in the P-R interval (0-200 ms). Mitral regurgitation was observed only during a) weak, early ectopic beats (peak pressure below 34 mmHg) which were incapable of closing the cusps and b) when ventricular contractions suddenly interrupted normal leaflet motion toward the ventricle, during three well-defined periods of diastole (diastolic valve opening, diastolic rebound, and atrial opening). Valve closure following sudden reversal of cusp opening was slow and the leaflets often did not arrive simultaneously at their closed positions. These findings suggest that sudden interruption of leaflet opening by ventricular contractions is an important mechanism of transient mitral regurgitation in the normal heart.


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