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  • 1990-1994  (3)
  • 75.50.Ee  (1)
  • Cardioplegia  (1)
  • Mitochondrial swelling
  • Polymer and Materials Science
  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Purkinje fibres ; Ischaemia tolerance ; Qualitative and quantitative ultrastructure ; Cardioplegia ; Arrhythmias
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary During open heart surgery, reperfusion-induced arrhythmias arising after short periods of ischaemia may originate from subendocardial Purkinje fibres. We investigated the ultrastructure of these fibres during 30 min of global ischaemia at 25° C. The effects both with myocardial protection (HTK cardioplegia) and without it (pure ischaemia) were compared qualitatively and morphometrically. After 30 min pure ischaemia overcontraction of sarcomeres, hypercontraction and contraction bands, together with considerable changes in organelles, predominate over cellular oedema. In Purkinje fibres, both cellular and mitochondrial swelling were significantly increased within this 30-min time period from the onset of pure ischaemia. In contrast, following HTK cardioplegia and 30 min ischaemia, cellular and mitochondrial swelling remain moderate and over-contractions are almost entirely lacking. This means that despite remarkable differences between pure ischaemia and HTK cardioplegia in the degree of protection attained it is clear that, compared with the working myocardium, subendocardial Purkinje fibres do not display a higher resistance to early global ischaemia. Further investigations of this sensitivity of Purkinje fibres to global ischaemia and certain drugs may bring about new insights into myocardial protection and pharmacotherapy of arrhythmias.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Myocardial ultrastructure ; Mitochondrial swelling ; Stereology ; Correlations of structural parameters ; Cardiac arrest and global ischaemia
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cellular changes occuring in the left ventricular myocardium during ischaemia after different methods of cardiac arrest have been evaluated by morphological and morphometric parameters: volume densities of mitochondria (VVMi), sarcoplasm (VVSp), myofibrils (VVMf), surface densities of mitochondria (SVMi). The surface to volume ratio of mitochondria (SVratioMi) has been used as an independent parameter of mitochondrial swelling. Since ischaemic swelling of myocardial cells increases the volume of the reference space and ischaemic swelling of mitochondria decreases the free sarcoplasm, VVMi and VVSp cannot be considered as reliable indicators of the degree of oedema. SVMi/VVMf remains nearly constant after different forms of cardiac arrest, demonstrating the integrity of mitochondrial outer membranes. The inverse linear ratio between SVratioMi and the mean mitochondrial volume indicates that the increase in mitochondrial volume is achieved by surface smoothing. Loss of matrix structure and fragmentation of cristae occur at an SVratioMi of about 5.8, cristolysis at 5.5 to 5.6 and amorphous matrix densities at an SVratioMi of less than 5.5 μm2/μm3. The SVratioMi is a suitable parameter for evaluating mitochondrial swelling both at the onset and during global myocardial ischaemia, independent of the method of cardiac arrest used. It serves as an indicator of the state of structural preservation of mitochondria during ischaemia.
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    The European physical journal 93 (1993), S. 21-31 
    ISSN: 1434-6036
    Keywords: 75.10.Jm ; 75.40.Cx ; 75.50.Ee
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract We investigate the ground-state wave function $$|\psi \rangle = \sum\limits_n {\alpha _n } |n\rangle $$ of the spin-1/2J 1-J 2 model on finite square lattices ofN=16(4×4) andN=24(4×6) sites. We find that the Marshall-Peierls phase rule for coefficientsα n , which was derived for unfrustrated bipartite lattices (J 2=0), holds exactly for comparably large frustration up toJ 2/J 1=0.28 (N=16) and up toJ 2/J 1=0.20 (N=24). But even for strong frustration up toJ 2/J 1≈0.45 the Marshall-Peierls rule describes the phase relationships in the ground state excellently. In the region of dominatingJ 2 a phase rule can be formulated as a product of the rules for two independent antiferromagnets. We find that the violation of the Marshall-Peierls sign rule does not dramatically affect the order parameters up toJ 2/J 1≈0.6. To calculate the magnitude of the coefficientsα n by a variational procedure we search for a represantative relationship between theα n and (a few) parametersP 1,n ...P k, n classifying the Ising basis states |n〉. By comparison with the exact ground state we analyze classification schemes based on pair correlations (Jastrow type wave functions) as well as schemes taking into account cluster parameters. While for small frustrationJ 2/J 1〈0.2 a short-range Jastrow description (nearest-neighbour and next nearestneighbour pairing) seems to be sufficient for the adequate description of the ground state one definitly needs longrange pairing and/or cluster parameters to construct a reasonable trial wave function for strong frustration. As an example for a special Jastrow type wave function we discuss an ansatz coming from the spin-wave theory. Finally, we consider the influence of the anisotropic exchangeJ zz ≠J xx ,J yy on the quality of the short-range Jastrow wave function and find and excellent agreement with the exact ground state already for Ising exchange anisotropiesJ xx =J yy ≈0.5J zz .
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