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(Hypertension. 2000;36:350.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.

Scientific Contributions

Converting Enzyme Inhibition Normalizes QT Interval in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

Christophe Baillard; Pascale Mansier; Pierre Vladimir Ennezat; Laurence Mangin; Claire Medigue; Bernard Swynghedauw; Brigitte Chevalier

From U127-INSERM (C.B., P.M., L.M., B.S., B.C.), Hôpital Lariboisiere, Paris, France; U400-INSERM (P.V.E.), Hôpital Leon Bernard, Limeil-Brevannes, France; and INRIA-Station de Rocquencourt, France (C.M.).

Correspondence to Dr B. Swynghedauw, U127-INSERM, Hôpital Lariboisiere, 41 Bd de la Chapelle, 75475 Paris Cedex, France.

Abstract—We quantified the repolarization time (so-called QT interval) in a rat, an animal species that does not show a well-characterized T wave on surface ECG. We used spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and converting enzyme inhibition to demonstrate a reversible increase in QT interval in pressure-overloaded hearts in the absence of ischemia. An implanted telemetry system recording ECG data in freely moving rats was used to automatically calculate the RR interval. The QT duration was manually determined by use of a calibrated gauge, and a time-frequency domain analysis was used to evaluate heart rate variability. Left ventricular mass was sequentially assessed by echocardiography. Before treatment, 12-month-old SHR had higher left ventricular mass, QT and RR intervals, and unchanged heart rate variability compared with age-matched Wistar rats. A 2-month converting enzyme inhibition treatment with trandolapril reduces systolic blood pressure, left ventricular mass, and QT interval. The RR interval and heart rate variability remains unchanged. There is a positive correlation between the QT interval and left ventricular mass. The SHR is suitable for longitudinal studies on the QT interval. Thus, the detection of the QT interval reflects the phenotypic changes that occur during mechanical overload and, on the basis of these criteria, allows an in vivo determination of the adaptational process.

Key Words: hypertrophy • hypertension, arterial • electrocardiography • converting enzyme inhibition • QT interval

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