A modified approach for programmed electrical stimulation in mice: Inducibility of ventricular arrhythmias.

Autor: Lukas Clasen, Christian Eickholt, Stephan Angendohr, Christiane Jungen, Dong-In Shin, Birgit Donner, Alexander Fürnkranz, Malte Kelm, Nikolaj Klöcker, Christian Meyer, Hisaki Makimoto
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 8, p e0201910 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201910
Popis: BACKGROUND:Electrophysiological studies in mice, the prevailing model organism in the field of basic cardiovascular research, are impeded by the low yield of programmed electrical stimulation (PES). OBJECTIVE:To investigate a modified approach for ventricular arrhythmia (VA) induction and a novel scoring system in mice. METHOD:A systematic review of literature on current methods for PES in mice searching the PubMed database revealed that VA inducibility was low and ranged widely (4.6 ± 10.7%). Based on this literature review, a modified PES protocol with 3 to 10 extrastimuli was developed and tested in comparison to the conventional PES protocol using up to 3 extrastimuli in anesthetized wildtype mice (C57BL/6J, n = 12). Induced VA, classified according to the Lambeth Convention, were assessed by established arrhythmia scores as well as a novel arrhythmia score based on VA duration. RESULTS:PES with the modified approach raised both the occurrence and the duration of VA compared to conventional PES (0% vs 50%; novel VA score p = 0.0002). Particularly, coupling of >6 extrastimuli raised the induction of VA. Predominantly, premature ventricular complexes (n = 6) and ventricular tachycardia
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