Sand NP, Rehling M, Bagger JP, Thuesen L, Flø C, Nielsen TT. Functional significance of recruitable collaterals during temporary coronary occlusion evaluated by 99mTc-sestamibi single-photon emission computerized tomography.
J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;
35:624-32. [PMID:
10716464 DOI:
10.1016/s0735-1097(99)00587-2]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
The present study evaluated the impact of recruitable collaterals on regional myocardial perfusion measured by 99mtechnetium (Tc)-sestamibi single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) during temporary coronary occlusion and related these estimates to the coronary wedge pressure and electrocardiographic (ECG) ST-segment changes.
BACKGROUND
Clinical variables (angina and ECG changes) and intracoronary flow and pressure recordings have indicated a protective role of recruitable collaterals on myocardial perfusion during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA).
METHODS
Thirty patients (mean age 55 years, SD 9; 20 men) with stable angina pectoris and proximal nonocluding single-vessel left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD)-stenosis scheduled for PTCA were included. Visualization of recruitable collaterals by ipsilateral and contralateral contrast injection, registration of coronary wedge pressure and injection of 99mTc-sestamibi during 90-s LAD occlusions were undertaken. A rest perfusion study was performed within four days before PTCA. As an estimate of the severity of regional hypoperfusion during occlusion, an occlusion/rest count ratio was calculated (mean defect pixel count during occlusion divided by mean pixel count in identical regions at rest).
RESULTS
The scintigraphic occlusion/rest count ratio was higher in patients with recruitable collaterals (n = 16), 67 +/- 11%, compared to patients without collaterals (n = 14), 60 +/- 6% (p < 0.05). The occlusion/rest count ratio correlated with the coronary wedge pressure (R2 = 0.34; p < 0.001). The occlusion/rest count ratio was lower, 61 +/- 6%, in patients with ST-segment elevation (n = 23) versus 74 +/- 9% in patients without ST-segment elevation (n = 7) (p < 0.0001).
CONCLUSIONS
Using 99mTc-sestamibi SPECT imaging during brief episodes of coronary occlusion, the severity of regional myocardial hypoperfusion was reduced by the presence of recruitable collaterals in a selected patient population with proximal LAD stenoses. Our results demonstrate a protective effect of recruitable collaterals on myocardial perfusion during temporary coronary occlusion.
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