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Distribution of coronary arterial capacitance in a canine model.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9480957     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The capacitative properties of the major left coronary arteries, left main (LM), left anterior descending (LAD), and left circumflex (LCX), were studied in 19 open-chest isolated dog hearts. Capacitance was determined by using ramp perfusion and a left ventricular-to-coronary shunt diastolic decay method; both methods gave similar results, indicating a minimal systolic capacitative component. Increased pericardial pressure (PCP), 25 mmHg, was used to experimentally alter transmural wall pressure. The response to increased PCP was different in the LAD vs. LCX; increasing PCP decreased capacitance in the LCX but increased capacitance in the LAD. This may have been due to the different intramural vs. epicardial volume distribution of these vessels and a decrease in intramural tension during increased PCP. Increased PCP decreased LCX capacitance by approximately 13%, but no changes in conductance or zero flow pressure intercept occurred in any of the three vessels, i. e., evidence against the waterfall theory of vascular collapse at these levels of PCP. Coronary arterial capacitance was also linearly related to perfusion pressure.
Authors:
A S Lader; R S Smith; G C Phillips; J E McNamee; F L Abel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)     Volume:  84     ISSN:  8750-7587     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Appl. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1998 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-04-09     Completed Date:  1998-04-09     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8502536     Medline TA:  J Appl Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  954-62     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Pressure / physiology
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Coronary Vessels / physiology*
Diastole / physiology
Dogs
Female
Heart Function Tests
Male
Pericardium / physiology
Vascular Capacitance / physiology*
Vascular Resistance / physiology
Ventricular Function

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