Heart rate reduction with ivabradine prevents the global phenotype of left ventricular remodeling
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
- Vol. 300 (1), H366-H373
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.01117.2009
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chronic heart rate (HR) reduction with the hyperpolarization-activated current inhibitor ivabradine on the global phenotype of left ventricular (LV) remodeling in a ligated rat model. Seven days after coronary artery ligation, Wistar rats received ivabradine (10 mg·kg−1·day−1 administered in drinking water) [myocardial infarction + ivabradine (MI+IVA), n = 22] or vehicle only (drinking water) (MI, n = 20) for 90 days. A sham group ( n = 20) was included for model validation. MI+IVA rats had 12% lower HR ( P < 0.01), improved LV volumes, 15% higher LV ejection fraction (LVEF, P < 0.01) than MI rats, and 33% reductions in both plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP, P = 0.052) and cardiac hydroxyproline. Using patch-clamp, action potential duration was reduced and transient outward current density increased ( P < 0.05). Cardiac energy metabolism was also improved (+33% creatine phosphate, P < 0.001; +15% ATP; and +9% energy charge, P < 0.05). Significant correlations were found between HR and parameters of cardiac metabolism, ANP, and LVEF (all P < 0.05). The HR-reducing properties of ivabradine prevent changes in the global phenotype of LV remodeling in the rat, optimize energy consumption, and avoid electrophysiological and structural remodeling.Keywords
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