| Myocardial blood flow at rest and contractile reserve in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. | |
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PMID: 10548143 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The mechanisms that determine chronic left ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease (in particular, critical reductions in coronary artery blood flow leading to hibernating myocardium) may affect the ability of the myocardium to respond to inotropic stimulation with dobutamine. This study was designed to investigate the relationship between resting myocardial blood flow and contractile reserve in patients with coronary artery disease and chronic left ventricular dysfunction. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-three patients (21 men and 2 women; age 61 +/- 9 years) underwent transesophageal echocardiography during infusion of dobutamine (2.5 microg/kg to 40 microg/kg per minute) and positron emission tomography (PET) with 150-water (9 patients) or 13N-ammonia (14 patients). Systolic wall thickening at each dose of dobutamine and resting myocardial blood flow were quantitatively analyzed in 8 anatomically matched regions at mid-ventricular level. Myocardial regions with preserved contraction had higher blood flow compared with regions with basal dyssynergy (0.99 +/- 0.3 vs 0.65 +/- 0.3 mL/min/gm; P < .0001). Among myocardial regions with preserved resting contraction, no relation was observed between blood flow and the response to dobutamine (r = 0.06). In contrast, among myocardial regions with diminished resting contraction, a significant correlation was observed between resting blood flow and contractile reserve (r = 0.53; P < .0001). The maximum increase in percent systolic wall thickening with dobutamine was 32.8% +/- 14% in regions with normal blood flow, 21.5% +/- 17% in regions with mildly to moderately reduced blood flow, and 10.7% +/- 10% in regions with severely reduced blood flow (P < .0001). CONCLUSIONS: These findings emphasize the importance of resting myocardial blood flow for the preservation of contractile reserve in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Because a positive inotropic response to dobutamine is more likely to occur in dyssynergic regions with preserved rather than reduced myocardial blood flow, regional perfusion may determine in which circumstances dobutamine echocardiography contributes to the assessment of myocardial viability. |
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Authors:
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J A Panza; V Dilsizian; R V Curiel; E F Unger; J M Laurienzo; A N Kitsiou |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Volume: 6 ISSN: 1071-3581 ISO Abbreviation: J Nucl Cardiol Publication Date: 1999 Sep-Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1999-11-24 Completed Date: 1999-11-24 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9423534 Medline TA: J Nucl Cardiol Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 487-94 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. panzaj@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov |
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Chronic Disease Coronary Circulation* Coronary Disease / complications, physiopathology*, radionuclide imaging, ultrasonography Dobutamine / diagnostic use Echocardiography, Transesophageal Female Humans Male Middle Aged Myocardial Contraction* Rest Stimulation, Chemical Tomography, Emission-Computed Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications, physiopathology*, radionuclide imaging |
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34368-04-2/Dobutamine |
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