Table 1.
Characteristics of Non-failing Hearts – Arrhythmia Experiments
| Heart # | Age, yrs |
Sex | Race | Cause of Death | LVEF, % |
HR, BPM |
Heart Weight, g |
Arrhythmia After Iso/Caff |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RV | LV | ||||||||
| 219852 | 30 | F | Caucasian | CE/RF | 55 | 135 | 299 | No | Yes |
| 331253 | 42 | F | Hispanic | CVA/ICH | 55 | 85 | 390 | Yes | Yes |
| 364587 | 19 | M | Caucasian | Blunt Injury/MVA | 25 | 131 | 300 | Yes | NA |
| 402879 | 54 | M | Caucasian | ICB/ICH | NA | NA | 474 | Yes | No |
| 415217 | 42 | M | Caucasian | ICB/ICH | NA | NA | 508 | Yes | Yes |
| 435578 | 20 | M | Caucasian | DO/Anoxia | 35 | 112 | 324 | Yes | NA |
| 514489 | 42 | F | Caucasian | Cardiac Arrest/Anoxia | 55 | 114 | 327 | Yes | Yes |
| 694855 | 46 | F | Caucasian | ICH/CVA and SAH | 60 | 94 | 356 | Yes | Yes |
| 785258 | 51 | F | Caucasian | ICH/CVA | 60 | 82 | 335 | No | No |
| 984478 | 54 | F | African American | ICB/ICH | 55 | 87 | 348 | Yes | No |
BPM, beat per minute; CE, cerebral edema; CVA, cerebral vascular accident; DO, drug overdose; F, female; HR, heart rate; ICB, intracerebral bleeding; ICH, intracerebral hemorrhage; Iso/Caff, Isoproterenol (100 nmol/L)/caffeine (0.5 mmol/L); LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; M, male; MVA, motor vehicle accident; NA, non applicable; RF, respiratory failure; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; Yr, year.