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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Physiol. 2022 Oct 5;600(22):4779–4806. doi: 10.1113/JP283319

Table 10.

List of the best metrics of cardiac contractility for each/all animal models studied.

Metrics ANIMAL MODEL Can be used in both small and large animal models

RATS PIGS AND DOGS

Agreement* with metric from IVCO (ICC) Load-independency Diagnosing contractile dysfunction Confirm as a metric of cardiac contractility Agreement* with metric from IVCO (ICC) Increase with inotropic stimulation Decrease with HF Confirm as a metric of cardiac contractility
Ees(IVC) vs. single-beat surrogates of Ees(IVC)

E es(SB1) YES (0.510) YES YES YES NO (0.193) YES YES NO NO

PRSW(IVC) vs. single-beat surrogates of PRSW(IVC)

PRSW (SB) YES (0.631) NO YES NO NO (0.084) YES YES NO NO
PWR max -EDV YES (0.637) NO YES NO YES (0.570) NO NO NO NO
PWR max -EDV 2 YES (0.699) NO YES NO YES (0.537) NO YES NO NO
LVEF EA1 YES (0.812) YES YES YES NO (0.330) YES YES NO NO

dP/dtmax-EDV(IVC) vs. single-beat surrogates of dP/dtmax-EDV

LV dP/dt max -EDV YES (0.700) YES YES YES YES (0.574) YES YES YES YES
P max -EDV YES (0.845) YES YES YES YES (0.649) YES YES YES YES
LV ESP-EDV YES (0.822) YES YES YES YES (0.670) YES YES YES YES

Metrics obtained from arterial beat-by-beat baseline data

E es(SB2) YES (0.522) YES YES YES NO (0.284) YES YES NO NO
ART dP/dt max -EDV YES (0.758) YES YES YES NO (0.411) YES YES NO NO
ART ESP-EDV YES (0.822) YES YES YES YES (0.585) YES YES YES YES
LVEF EA2 YES (0.799) YES YES YES NO (0.034) YES YES NO NO

Eyes(IVC), end-systolic elastance obtained from inferior vena cava occlusion (IVCO); PRSW(IVC), preload recruitable stork work obtained from IVCO; dP/dtmax-EDV(IVC), the relation between the maximal rate of rise of pressure and end-diastolic volume (EDV) obtained from IVCO; Ees(SB1), left ventricular (LV) end-systolic pressure (LVESP) and end-systolic volume (ESV) ratio; PRSW(SB), stroke work (SW) and EDV ratio; PWRmax-EDV, power max (PWRmax) and EDV ratio; PWRmax-EDV2, PWRmax and squared of EDV ratio; LVEFEA1, afterload adjusted LV ejection fraction using ventricular data LVdP/dtmax-EDV, the maximal rate of rise of the left ventricular pressure (LVdP/dtmax) and EDV ratio; Pmax-EDV, maximal pressure (Pmax) and EDV ratio; LVESP-EDV, LVESP and EDV ratio; Ees(SB2), arterial ESP (ARTESP, 0.9 × systolic blood pressure (SBP)) and ESV ratio; ARTdP/dtmax-EDV, the maximal rate of rise of the arterial pressure (ARTdP/dtmax) and EDV ratio; ARTESP-EDV, ARTESP and EDV ratio; LVEFEA2, afterload adjusted LV ejection fraction using arterial data.

*

at least moderate agreement with IVCO-derived reference measure was considered for this validation step.