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川 崎 安 亮† 森 山 良 人 |
鹿児島大学農学部(〒890-0065 鹿児島市郡元1-21-24)
(2003年8月15日受付・2003年10月31日受理)
―キーワード:徐脈,犬,心拍変動,眼球心臓反射,RR間隔.
Aschner Eyeball-pressure Test for DogsYasuaki KAWASAKI*† and Yoshito MORIYAMA
SUMMARY Heart-rate variability (HRV) induced by the Aschner eyeball-pressure test was analyzed in 7 adult
dogs. Ocular compression (OC) used was 95 g/cm2, and duration was 20
seconds. Average, standard deviation (SDR-R), coefficient of variance (CVR-R)
of the RR interval (RRI) of electrocardiogram, and beat-to-beat instantaneous heart rates (IHR) were
used as indices for HRV. The RRI time series (RRITS) was divided into short-term (STTS) and long-term
time series (LTTS) by means of a 13-point simple moving average method. The mean cycle of STTS correlated
closely with that of the respiration curve (r=0.974), indicating that the STTS reflects respiratory sinus
arrhythmia (RSA). No HRV variables in the STTS changed significantly, but SDR-R and
CVR-R in the RRITS and CVR-R in the LTTS increased significantly
(P<0.05) as a result of OC. Therefore, OC-induced parasympathotonia may reflect on CVR-R of
the RRI in dogs with RSA. The maximum physiological bradycardia caused by OC was −10.4±3.4 beats/min
(−13.1±5.0%) compared to the mean IHR one minute before compression. On the basis of the 95% confidence
interval of bradycardia (−12.9〜−7.8 beats/min) (−16.8〜−9.4%), we concluded that the hyper-reflexia of
this test as applied to dogs represents a drop in heart rate of 17% or more.
--------------------J. Jpn. Vet. Med. Assoc., 57, 186〜191 (2004) |