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Effect of increases in heart rate and arterial pressure on coronary flow reserve in humans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8425996     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of increases in heart rate and arterial pressure on maximal pharmacologic coronary blood flow reserve. BACKGROUND: Coronary flow reserve measurements are useful in assessment of the physiologic significance of coronary lesions. However, animal studies suggest that alterations in hemodynamic status may influence coronary flow reserve independent of coronary stenosis. METHODS: Coronary flow reserve was measured during cardiac catheterization with the use of a 3F coronary Doppler catheter and intracoronary papaverine. Flow reserve was measured under control conditions and during increases in heart rate produced by atrial pacing (18 patients) or during elevation of arterial pressure by intravenous phenylephrine infusion (9 patients) with intracoronary alpha-adrenergic blockade by phentolamine. RESULTS: Coronary flow reserve progressively decreased from 3.7 +/- 0.9 (mean +/- SD) at the rate of 71 +/- 8 beats/min at rest to 3.0 +/- 0.6 during pacing at 100 beats/min and to 2.6 +/- 0.5 during pacing at 120 beats/min. Flow reserve decreased because of a progressive increase in rest coronary flow velocity during pacing (122 +/- 16% of control value at 100 beats/min, 139 +/- 16% of control value at 120 beats/min), whereas papaverine hyperemia peak velocity remained unchanged. Flow reserve decreased with pacing tachycardia whether the initial flow reserve was normal or depressed. Mean arterial pressure increased from 95 +/- 12 mm Hg to 130 +/- 8 mm Hg during intravenous phenylephrine infusion and to 123 +/- 10 mm Hg during combined intravenous phenylephrine and intracoronary phentolamine infusions. Coronary flow reserve was not affected by the blood pressure increases (control value 4.3 +/- 1.0, phenylephrine 4.4 +/- 1.5, phenylephrine and phentolamine 4.4 +/- 2.0). CONCLUSIONS: Sudden increases in heart rate but not mean arterial pressure lead to a substantial reduction in maximal coronary blood flow reserve. These data suggest that the diagnostic utility of all flow reserve measurement techniques might be improved by standardization of heart rate during measurement or extrapolation of the measured flow reserve to that expected at a reference heart rate.
Authors:
J D Rossen; M D Winniford
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the American College of Cardiology     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0735-1097     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Am. Coll. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  1993 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-03-01     Completed Date:  1993-03-01     Revised Date:  2010-03-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8301365     Medline TA:  J Am Coll Cardiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  343-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Coronary Vessels / physiology
Female
Heart Catheterization
Heart Rate / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Papaverine / diagnostic use
Phentolamine / diagnostic use
Phenylephrine / diagnostic use
Ultrasonics
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
HL 32295/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
50-60-2/Phentolamine; 58-74-2/Papaverine; 59-42-7/Phenylephrine

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