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Clinical evidence for myocardial derecruitment downstream from severe stenosis: pressure-flow control interaction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11087216     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To verify the interaction between coronary pressure (CP) and blood flow (CBF) control, we studied nine candidates for angioplasty of an isolated lesion of the left anterior descending coronary artery [i.e. , percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)]. CBF (i.e., flow velocity x coronary cross-sectional area at the Doppler tip) and CP were monitored during washout of 2-5 mCi of (133)Xe after bolus injection into the left main artery before and after PTCA. Xe mean transit time (MTT) was calculated as the area under the time-activity curve, acquired by a gamma camera, divided by the dose obtained from a model fit of the Xe curve in the anterior wall. CBF response to intracoronary adenosine (2 mg) was also assessed. PTCA increased baseline CBF (from 14.5 +/- 9.4 to 20 +/- 8 ml/min, P < 0.01), coronary flow reserve (from 1.52 +/- 0.24 to 2.33 +/- 0.8, P < 0.01), and CP (from 64 +/- 9 to 100 +/- 10 mmHg, P < 0.05). MTT decreased from 89 +/- 32 to 70 +/- 19 s (P < 0.05) after PTCA; however, MTT and CBF changes were not correlated (r = -0.09, not significant). Inasmuch as MTT is the ratio of distribution volume to CBF, MTT x CBF was used as an index of perfused myocardial volume. Volume increased after PTCA from 23 +/- 18 to 56 +/- 30 ml. A direct correlation was observed between the percent increase in distal CP and percent increase in perfused volume (r = 0.91, P < 0.01). Thus low CP was not associated with exhaustion of flow reserve but, rather, with reduction of perfused myocardial volume. These data suggest that, in the presence of a severe coronary stenosis, derecruitment of vascular units occurs that is proportional to the decrease in driving pressure. Residual perfused units maintain a vasomotor tone, thus explaining the paradoxical persistence of coronary reserve.
Authors:
G Sambuceti; M Marzilli; A Mari; C Marini; P Marzullo; R Testa; I Raugei; M Papini; M Schluter; A L'Abbate
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Clinical Trial; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology     Volume:  279     ISSN:  0363-6135     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol.     Publication Date:  2000 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-12-15     Completed Date:  2000-12-28     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100901228     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  H2641-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa 56100, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary*
Aorta / physiology
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Constriction, Pathologic / physiopathology,  therapy,  ultrasonography
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Coronary Disease / physiopathology*,  therapy*,  ultrasonography
Echocardiography, Doppler
Homeostasis / physiology
Humans
Microcirculation / physiology
Middle Aged
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / physiology

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