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  • Title: Intropic and electrophysiological action of humoral factors released in cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction.
    Author: Senges J, Mizutani T, Pelzer D, Brachmann J, Hennig E, Mehmel HC, Mäurer W, Wieland H, Katus H, Kübler W.
    Journal: Basic Res Cardiol; 1978; 73(2):147-59. PubMed ID: 656022.
    Abstract:
    The inotropic and electrophysiological effects of plasma obtained from patients and experimental dogs during cardiogenic shock following acute myocardial infarction were studied. Changes in the isometric contraction and the intracellular action potential were determined in isolated papillary muscles of rabbits. Control plasma collected from normal subjects produced no significant changes in the contraction or the electrical parameters. Plasma from shock patients decreased peak force by 42% and the maximum rate of force development by 38% in comparison to control values; the time to peak of contraction, the relaxation time and the action potential parameters were not significantly altered. Corresponding results were obtained with plasma from dogs before and during experimental cardiogenic shock. Biochemical determinations failed to identify a single specific "myocardial depressant factor" in the plasma of patients and dogs with cardiogenic shock. The results suggest that (1) various humoral factors released during cardiogenic shock may depress the contractile function of cardiac muscle and (2) that the observed negative intropic effect is not due to electrical changes in the cell membrane.
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