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Objetivo: Exponer las características histológicas y funcionales que se presentan en el tejido muscular estriado cardíaco especializado en la conducción del estímulo eléctrico y sus implicaciones actuales en las arritmias cardíacas. Materiales y métodos: Se seleccionaron publicaciones en revistas indexadas en las bases PubMed, Wiley, Ovid-Medline y Science Direct. Los descriptores MESH utilizados para la búsqueda fueron cardiac myocytes, myocardium, heart conduction system. Se acoplaron los conceptos histology y arrhythmia. Se revisaron artículos publicados entre 1990 a 2014, originales, reportes de caso y revisiones, relacionados con los conceptos de desarrollo embrionario, diferenciación celular, morfología normal y alteración de los miocardiocitos conducentes ventriculares. Se revisó el resumen de 317 artículos, de los que se clasificaron 75 para lectura completa y de estos, 52 se seleccionaron para la redacción del presente artículo. Conclusión: Los estudios actuales se encaminan hacia las simulaciones del sistema de conducción para establecer otras causas de arritmia y opciones de tratamiento. La terapia con células indiferenciadas y las técnicas moleculares de modificación genética hacen parte de estos estudios, así como la implementación de terapias alternativas no invasivas en el tratamiento de las arritmias cardíacas.
Objective: To expose the histological and functional characteristics that occur in heart striated muscle tissue specialized in the conduction of electrical stimulation and its current implications for cardiac arrhythmias. Materials and methods: Publications in indexed journals in PubMed, Wiley, Ovid-Medline and Science Direct databases were selected. The MESH descriptors used for the search were cardiac myocytes, myocardium and heart conduction system. The concepts of histology and arrhythmia were mated. Articles published from 1990 to 2014 were reviewed as well as the original ones, case reports and reviews related to the concepts of embryonic development, cell differentiation and normal morphology alteration of the leading ventricular cardiomyocytes. The summary of 317 articles were read, from which 75 were classified to complete reading and finally 52 were selected for the drafting of this article. Conclusion: Current studies are directed towards the driving system simulation to establish other causes of arrhythmia and its treatment options. Not only therapies with undifferentiated cells and molecular genetic modification techniques are part of these studies but also the implementation of alternative therapies that are not invasive in the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
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Arrhythmias, Cardiac , Myocytes, Cardiac , Heart Ventricles , MyocardiumABSTRACT
Atrioventricular valve complex of 30 Jafarabadi water buffaloes, adult males were studied in this research with no heart diseases. The animals were obtained from a slaughterhouse in Brazilian State of Parana. The hearts were opened at the third portion affording access to the valve complex. The complexes had its area, number and type of tendinous cords submitted to analysis. The results showed that the complex is composed by two cusps and four accessory cusps, two or three papillary muscles in which 10-25 tendinous cords fix on the cusps that face the ventricle wall. The total area of the complex was on average 38.56cm², with a minimum of 24.96cm² and a maximum of 55.54cm². Statistically, no relation between the number of cords and the cusps' area where they are inserted or with the number of papillary muscle where they originated from was observed.
Foram estudados os complexos valvares atrioventricular esquerdo de 30 búfalos da raça Jafarabadi, machos e adultos, sem alterações cardíacas, provenientes de abatedouros do Estado do Paraná. Os corações foram examinados em seu terço médio para acesso ao complexo valvar, que foi submetido a estudos de área, número e tipificação de cordas tendíneas. Os resultados demonstram que este complexo é formado por duas cúspides principais e quatro cúspides acessórias, apresentam em sua formação de 2-3 músculos papilares, nos quais se inserem de 10-25 cordas tendíneas, que se fixam em cúspides voltadas para a parede do ventrículo. A área total deste complexo apresenta uma média de 38,56cm² com um mínimo de 24,96cm² e um máximo de 55,54cm². Estatisticamente não há relação entre número de cordas e a área da cúspide onde estas estão inseridas, nem com o número de músculos papilares dos quais elas provem.
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Animals , Male , Adult , Chordae Tendineae/anatomy & histology , Mitral Valve/anatomy & histology , Heart Ventricles/anatomy & histology , Buffaloes/anatomy & histologyABSTRACT
Aim To observe the effects of Rh2 on the hemodynamics and electrophysiological parameters in anesthetic rats. Methods The changes of hemodynamics and electrophysiological parameters in anesthetic rats were tested after administration with Rh2, such as SAP, DAP, MAP, LVSP, LVDP, LVEDP, ?dp/dt_ max,HR,RRP and ERP. Results Rh2 increased SAP,DAP,MAP,LVSP,?dp/dt_ max with the decrease of LVEDP. It had no distinct effects on HR, ECG, RRP and ERP. Conclusion Rh2 has the effects of increasing SAP,DAP and MAP in anesthetic rats and has no influence on HR, ECG and cardiac ventricle electrophysiological parameter, suggesting that the effect of increasing blood pressure could be related to the increases of peripheral resistance.