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Baroreflex control of coronary blood flow varies regionally in awake dogs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8911727     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
1. Baroreflex responses to changes in aortic pressure were measured simultaneously in three main coronary regions of awake dogs. 2. Pulsed Doppler flow probes were mounted at prior surgery on the right, circumflex and anterior descending coronary arteries; the animals were placed in complete heart block and the left ventricle was paced. After 2-4 weeks recovery, baroreflexes were evoked by inflating a balloon catheter placed in the mid-thoracic aorta via the femoral arteriotomy. Flow and pressure data were collected at rest, and during acute (8s) and steady-state (25s) baroreflex challenge. 3. Changing ventricular rate alone caused a fall in aortic pressure at low rates; however, over the range 60 to 180 b.p.m., circumflex and anterior descending coronary flow and conductance changed directly with ventricular rate, but right coronary flow and conductance remained unchanged. 4. Acute aortic pressure elevation increased flow at 8s in all beds at all rates. Conductance effects at 60 b.p.m. were negligible in all three beds, but rose at 100 and 180 b.p.m. in the right and circumflex beds. 5. Sustained aortic pressure elevation (25s) caused flow to return towards control in all beds ventricular rates, but in the right coronary at 60 b.p.m. flow fell below control. Conductance at this time was unchanged at all rates in the anterior descending bed, fell modestly in the circumflex, and decreased to below resting in the right coronary bed. 6. Baroreflex control of coronary flow and conductance thus varies between territories, and within territories, depending on ventricular rate. The right coronary bed appears to be regulated by a bidirectional, baroreflex-linked mechanism, which is functionally opposite in action to that found in most vascular beds.
Authors:
A W Quail; D B Cottee; S W White; W L Porges; E J Hennessy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0305-1870     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol.     Publication Date:    1996 Oct-Nov
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-02-19     Completed Date:  1997-02-19     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0425076     Medline TA:  Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol     Country:  AUSTRALIA    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  866-73     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Discipline of Human Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Aorta / physiology
Baroreflex / physiology*
Benzopyrans / pharmacology
Blood Pressure / physiology
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Dogs
Ethanolamines / pharmacology
Female
Heart / physiology
Heart Rate / physiology
Hemodynamics / drug effects,  physiology
Male
Pulmonary Artery / physiology
Vasodilator Agents / pharmacology
Ventricular Function
Ventricular Function, Right / physiology
Wakefulness
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Benzopyrans; 0/Ethanolamines; 0/Vasodilator Agents; 99200-09-6/nebivolol

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