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Blunted coronary reserve in myotonic dystrophy. An early and gene-related phenomenon.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8790034     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: In myotonic dystrophy (DM), striated muscle is involved in relation to the size of the DNA mutation. Smooth muscle may be similarly impaired at the level of the urinary and digestive apparatus and possibly at the level of small vessels, since microangiopathy has been described in the iris and digital capillaries. Our purpose was to study the function of the myocardial microvasculature in relation to the size of the mutation in DM patients without clinical cardiac involvement and with normal left ventricular dimensions and function and normal large coronary arteries. METHODS AND RESULTS: In 6 control subjects and 10 DM patients, we investigated the coronary blood flow reserve using positron emission tomography with 15O-labeled water. Global and regional flow reserves were obtained from myocardial regions of interest manually drawn on a static FDG image encompassing, respectively, the whole left ventricle and the anterior, septal, and lateral walls. The DNA mutation size was determined on circulating lymphocytes in each DM patient. Compared with control subjects, DM patients had decreased global (2.39 +/- 0.39 versus 4.00 +/- 0.67, P = .00003) and regional (anterior, 2.39 +/- 0.64 versus 3.87 +/- 0.92, P = .002; septal, 2.60 +/- 0.48 versus 4.00 +/- 0.70, P = .0003; lateral, 2.26 +/- 0.58 versus 4.16 +/- 1.11, P = .0005) coronary reserves. In DM patients, the coronary reserve correlated strongly and inversely with the DNA mutation size (r = -.77, P = .009). CONCLUSIONS: The study demonstrated that global and regional coronary reserves are impaired, in relation to the DNA mutation size, in symptom-free DM patients with normal ventricular dimensions and function and normal large coronary vessels. We suggest that a gene-related blunted coronary reserve resulting from an impairment of vascular smooth muscle is an early component of DM cardiomyopathy.
Authors:
D Annane; P Merlet; H Radvanyi; B Mazoyer; B Eymard; M Fiorelli; C Junien; M Fardeau; Z Ounnoughene; P Gajdos; A Syrota; D Duboc
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  94     ISSN:  0009-7322     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  1996 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-10-17     Completed Date:  1996-10-17     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  973-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Cochin, Université Paris, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Coronary Circulation*
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation*
Myotonic Dystrophy / physiopathology*
Tomography, Emission-Computed

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