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Pasipoularides A. Clinical-pathological correlations of BAV and the attendant thoracic aortopathies. Part 1: Pluridisciplinary perspective on their hemodynamics and morphomechanics. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2019; 133:223-232. [PMID: 31150733 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2019.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Clinical BAV manifestations pertain to faulty aortic valve (AOV) function, the associated aortopathy, and other complications such as endocarditis, thrombosis and thromboembolism. BAV arises during valvulogenesis when 2 of the 3 leaflets/cusps of the AOV are fused together. Ensuing asymmetric BAV morphologies alter downstream ejection jet flow-trajectories. Based on BAV morphologies, ejection-flows exhibit different wall-impingement and scouring patterns in the proximal aorta, with excessive hydrodynamic wall-shear that correlates closely with mural vascular smooth muscle cell and extracellular matrix disruptions, revealing hemodynamic participation in the pathogenesis of BAV-associated aortopathies. Since the embryologic regions implicated in both BAV and aortopathies derive from neural crest cells and second heart field cells, there may exist a common multifactorial/polygenic embryological basis linking the abnormalities. The use of Electronic Health Records - encompassing integrated NGS variant panels and phenotypic data - in clinical studies could speed-up comprehensive understanding of multifactorial genetic-phenotypic and environmental factor interactions. This Survey represents the first in a 2-article pluridisciplinary work. Taken in toto, the series covers hemodynamic/morphomechanical and environmental (milieu intérieur) aspects in Part 1, and molecular, genetic and associated epigenetic aspects in Part 2. Together, Parts 1-2 should serve as a reference-milestone and driver for further pluridisciplinary research and its urgent translations in the clinical setting.
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- Ares Pasipoularides
- Duke/NSF Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, Emeritus Faculty of Surgery and of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University School of Medicine and Graduate School, Durham, NC, USA.
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Pasipoularides A. Morphomechanic phenotypic variability of sarcomeric cardiomyopathies: A multifactorial polygenic perspective. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018; 126:23-35. [PMID: 30423317 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Morphology underlies subdivision of the primary/heritable sarcomeric cardiomyopathies (CMs) into hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM). Next-generation DNA-sequencing (NGS) has identified important disease-variants, improving CM diagnosis, management, genetic screening, and prognosis. Although monogenic (Mendelian) analyses directly point at downstream studies, they disregard coexisting genomic variations and gene-by-gene interactions molding detailed CM-phenotypes. In-place of polygenic models, in accounting for observed defective genotype-phenotype correlations, fuzzy concepts having gradations of significance and unsharp domain-boundaries are invoked, including pleiotropy, genetic-heterogeneity, incomplete penetrance, and variable expressivity. HCM and DCM undoubtedly entail cooperativity of unidentified/elusive causative genomic-variants. Modern genomics can exploit comprehensive electronic/digital health records, facilitating consideration of multifactorial variant-models. Genome-wide association studies entailing high-fidelity solid-state catheterization, multimodal-imaging, molecular cardiology, systems biology and bioinformatics, will decipher accurate genotype-phenotype correlations and identify novel therapeutic-targets, fostering personalized medicine/cardiology. This review surveys successes and challenges of genetic/genomic approaches to CMs, and their impact on current and future clinical care.
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- Ares Pasipoularides
- Duke/NSF Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, Emeritus Faculty of Surgery and of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University School of Medicine and Graduate School, Durham, NC, USA.
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Pasipoularides A. Implementing genome-driven personalized cardiology in clinical practice. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2018; 115:142-157. [PMID: 29343412 PMCID: PMC5820118 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2018.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Genomics designates the coordinated investigation of a large number of genes in the context of a biological process or disease. It may be long before we attain comprehensive understanding of the genomics of common complex cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) such as inherited cardiomyopathies, valvular diseases, primary arrhythmogenic conditions, congenital heart syndromes, hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerotic heart disease, hypertensive syndromes, and heart failure with preserved/reduced ejection fraction. Nonetheless, as genomics is evolving rapidly, it is constructive to survey now pertinent concepts and breakthroughs. Today, clinical multimodal electronic medical/health records (EMRs/EHRs) incorporating genomic information establish a continuously-learning, vast knowledge-network with seamless cycling between clinical application and research. It can inform insights into specific pathogenetic pathways, guide biomarker-assisted precise diagnoses and individualized treatments, and stratify prognoses. Complex CVDs blend multiple interacting genomic variants, epigenetics, and environmental risk-factors, engendering progressions of multifaceted disease-manifestations, including clinical symptoms and signs. There is no straight-line linkage between genetic cause(s) or causal gene-variant(s) and disease phenotype(s). Because of interactions involving modifier-gene influences, (micro)-environmental, and epigenetic effects, the same variant may actually produce dissimilar abnormalities in different individuals. Implementing genome-driven personalized cardiology in clinical practice reveals that the study of CVDs at the level of molecules and cells can yield crucial clinical benefits. Complementing evidence-based medicine guidelines from large ("one-size fits all") randomized controlled trials, genomics-based personalized or precision cardiology is a most-creditable paradigm: It provides customizable approaches to prevent, diagnose, and manage CVDs with treatments directly/precisely aimed at causal defects identified by high-throughput genomic technologies. They encompass stem cell and gene therapies exploiting CRISPR-Cas9-gene-editing, and metabolomic-pharmacogenomic therapeutic modalities, precisely fine-tuned for the individual patient. Following the Human Genome Project, many expected genomics technology to provide imminent solutions to intractable medical problems, including CVDs. This eagerness has reaped some disappointment that advances have not yet materialized to the degree anticipated. Undoubtedly, personalized genetic/genomics testing is an emergent technology that should not be applied without supplementary phenotypic/clinical information: Genotype≠Phenotype. However, forthcoming advances in genomics will naturally build on prior attainments and, combined with insights into relevant epigenetics and environmental factors, can plausibly eradicate intractable CVDs, improving human health and well-being.
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- Ares Pasipoularides
- Consulting Professor of Surgery, Emeritus Faculty of Surgery and of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University School of Medicine and Graduate School, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Pasipoularides A. Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: Part 2-Morphomechanical Abnormalities, Gene Reexpression, and Gender Effects on Ventricular Hypertrophy and Its Reversibility. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2016; 9:374-99. [PMID: 27184804 PMCID: PMC4992466 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-016-9695-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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In part 1, we considered cytomolecular mechanisms underlying calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD), hemodynamics, and adaptive feedbacks controlling pathological left ventricular hypertrophy provoked by ensuing aortic valvular stenosis (AVS). In part 2, we survey diverse signal transduction pathways that precede cellular/molecular mechanisms controlling hypertrophic gene expression by activation of specific transcription factors that induce sarcomere replication in-parallel. Such signaling pathways represent potential targets for therapeutic intervention and prevention of decompensation/failure. Hypertrophy provoking signals, in the form of dynamic stresses and ligand/effector molecules that bind to specific receptors to initiate the hypertrophy, are transcribed across the sarcolemma by several second messengers. They comprise intricate feedback mechanisms involving gene network cascades, specific signaling molecules encompassing G protein-coupled receptors and mechanotransducers, and myocardial stresses. Future multidisciplinary studies will characterize the adaptive/maladaptive nature of the AVS-induced hypertrophy, its gender- and individual patient-dependent peculiarities, and its response to surgical/medical interventions. They will herald more effective, precision medicine treatments.
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- Ares Pasipoularides
- Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
- Duke/NSF Research Center for Emerging Cardiovascular Technologies, Duke University, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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Sahlén A, Hamid N, Amanullah MR, Fam JM, Yeo KK, Lau YH, Lam CSP, Ding ZP. Impact of aortic root size on left ventricular afterload and stroke volume. Eur J Appl Physiol 2016; 116:1355-65. [PMID: 27179797 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-016-3392-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE The left ventricle (LV) ejects blood into the proximal aorta. Age and hypertension are associated with stiffening and dilation of the aortic root, typically viewed as indicative of adverse remodeling. Based on analytical considerations, we hypothesized that a larger aortic root should be associated with lower global afterload (effective arterial elastance, EA) and larger stroke volume (SV). Moreover, as antihypertensive drugs differ in their effect on central blood pressure, we examined the role of antihypertensive drugs for the relation between aortic root size and afterload. METHODS We studied a large group of patients (n = 1250; 61 ± 12 years; 78 % males; 64 % hypertensives) from a single-center registry with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Aortic root size was measured by echocardiography as the diameter of the tubular portion of the ascending aorta. LV outflow tract Doppler was used to record SV. RESULTS In the population as a whole, after adjusting for key covariates in separate regression models, aortic root size was an independent determinant of both SV and EA. This association was found to be heterogeneous and stronger in patients taking a calcium channel blocker (CCB; 10.6 % of entire population; aortic root size accounted for 8 % of the explained variance of EA). CONCLUSION Larger aortic root size is an independent determinant of EA and SV. This association was heterogeneous and stronger in patients on CCB therapy.
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- Anders Sahlén
- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore. .,Karolinska Institutet, Department of Cardiology, Karolinska University Hospital, 141 86, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore
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- National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore, 169609, Singapore
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Sehgel NL, Vatner SF, Meininger GA. "Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness Syndrome"-Revisiting the Structural Basis of Arterial Stiffness. Front Physiol 2015; 6:335. [PMID: 26635621 PMCID: PMC4649054 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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In recent decades, the pervasiveness of increased arterial stiffness in patients with cardiovascular disease has become increasingly apparent. Though, this phenomenon has been well documented in humans and animal models of disease for well over a century, there has been surprisingly limited development in a deeper mechanistic understanding of arterial stiffness. Much of the historical literature has focused on changes in extracellular matrix proteins—collagen and elastin. However, extracellular matrix changes alone appear insufficient to consistently account for observed changes in vascular stiffness, which we observed in our studies of aortic stiffness in aging monkeys. This led us to examine novel mechanisms operating at the level of the vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC)—that include increased cell stiffness and adhesion to extracellular matrix—which that may be interrelated with other mechanisms contributing to arterial stiffness. We introduce these observations as a new concept—the Smooth Muscle Cell Stiffness Syndrome (SMCSS)—within the field of arterial stiffness and posit that stiffening of vascular cells impairs vascular function and may contribute stiffening to the vasculature with aging and cardiovascular disease. Importantly, this review article revisits the structural basis of arterial stiffness in light of these novel findings. Such classification of SMCSS and its contextualization into our current understanding of vascular mechanics may be useful in the development of strategic therapeutics to directly target arterial stiffness.
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- Nancy L Sehgel
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University - Biomedical and Health Sciences Newark, NJ, USA ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ, USA
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- Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri Columbia, MO, USA
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Laughlin MH, Davis MJ, Secher NH, van Lieshout JJ, Arce-Esquivel AA, Simmons GH, Bender SB, Padilla J, Bache RJ, Merkus D, Duncker DJ. Peripheral circulation. Compr Physiol 2013; 2:321-447. [PMID: 23728977 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c100048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Blood flow (BF) increases with increasing exercise intensity in skeletal, respiratory, and cardiac muscle. In humans during maximal exercise intensities, 85% to 90% of total cardiac output is distributed to skeletal and cardiac muscle. During exercise BF increases modestly and heterogeneously to brain and decreases in gastrointestinal, reproductive, and renal tissues and shows little to no change in skin. If the duration of exercise is sufficient to increase body/core temperature, skin BF is also increased in humans. Because blood pressure changes little during exercise, changes in distribution of BF with incremental exercise result from changes in vascular conductance. These changes in distribution of BF throughout the body contribute to decreases in mixed venous oxygen content, serve to supply adequate oxygen to the active skeletal muscles, and support metabolism of other tissues while maintaining homeostasis. This review discusses the response of the peripheral circulation of humans to acute and chronic dynamic exercise and mechanisms responsible for these responses. This is accomplished in the context of leading the reader on a tour through the peripheral circulation during dynamic exercise. During this tour, we consider what is known about how each vascular bed controls BF during exercise and how these control mechanisms are modified by chronic physical activity/exercise training. The tour ends by comparing responses of the systemic circulation to those of the pulmonary circulation relative to the effects of exercise on the regional distribution of BF and mechanisms responsible for control of resistance/conductance in the systemic and pulmonary circulations.
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- M Harold Laughlin
- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, and the Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
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Ferreiro DE, Cianciulli TF, Saccheri MC, Lax JA, Celano L, Beck MA, Gagliardi JA, Kazelián LR, Neme RO. Assessment of Coronary Flow with Transthoracic Color Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Echocardiography 2013; 30:1156-63. [DOI: 10.1111/echo.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Daniel E. Ferreiro
- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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Nieminen T, Tavares CA, Pegler JR, Belardinelli L, Verrier RL. Ranolazine Injection Into Coronary or Femoral Arteries Exerts Marked, Transient Regional Vasodilation Without Systemic Hypotension in an Intact Porcine Model. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2011; 4:481-7. [DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.111.962852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Tuomo Nieminen
- From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (T.N., C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P., R.L.V.) and Harvard Medical School (T.N., R.L.V.), Boston, MA; the Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, and Department of Internal Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland (T.N.); University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil (C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P.); and Gilead Palo Alto, Inc, Foster City, CA (L.B.)
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- From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (T.N., C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P., R.L.V.) and Harvard Medical School (T.N., R.L.V.), Boston, MA; the Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, and Department of Internal Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland (T.N.); University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil (C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P.); and Gilead Palo Alto, Inc, Foster City, CA (L.B.)
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- From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (T.N., C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P., R.L.V.) and Harvard Medical School (T.N., R.L.V.), Boston, MA; the Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, and Department of Internal Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland (T.N.); University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil (C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P.); and Gilead Palo Alto, Inc, Foster City, CA (L.B.)
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- From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (T.N., C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P., R.L.V.) and Harvard Medical School (T.N., R.L.V.), Boston, MA; the Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, and Department of Internal Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland (T.N.); University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil (C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P.); and Gilead Palo Alto, Inc, Foster City, CA (L.B.)
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- From Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (T.N., C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P., R.L.V.) and Harvard Medical School (T.N., R.L.V.), Boston, MA; the Division of Cardiology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, and Department of Internal Medicine, Päijät-Häme Central Hospital, Lahti, Finland (T.N.); University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil (C.A.M.T., J.R.M.P.); and Gilead Palo Alto, Inc, Foster City, CA (L.B.)
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Laughlin MH, Korthuis RJ, Duncker DJ, Bache RJ. Control of Blood Flow to Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle During Exercise. Compr Physiol 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/cphy.cp120116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Trombetta IC, Somers VK, Maki-Nunes C, Drager LF, Toschi-Dias E, Alves MJNN, Fraga RF, Rondon MUPB, Bechara MG, Lorenzi-Filho G, Negrão CE. Consequences of comorbid sleep apnea in the metabolic syndrome--implications for cardiovascular risk. Sleep 2010; 33:1193-9. [PMID: 20857866 DOI: 10.1093/sleep/33.9.1193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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STUDY OBJECTIVES Metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) increases overall cardiovascular risk. MetSyn is also strongly associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and these 2 conditions share similar comorbidities. Whether OSA increases cardiovascular risk in patients with the MetSyn has not been investigated. We examined how the presence of OSA in patients with MetSyn affected hemodynamic and autonomic variables associated with poor cardiovascular outcome. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. PARTICIPANTS We studied 36 patients with MetSyn (ATP-III) divided into 2 groups matched for age and sex: (1) MetSyn+OSA (n = 18) and (2) MetSyn-OSA (n = 18). MEASUREMENTS OSA was defined by an apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) > 15 events/hour by polysomnography. We recorded muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA - microneurography), heart rate (HR), and blood pressure (BP - Finapres). Baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) was analyzed by spontaneous BP and HR fluctuations. RESULTS MSNA (34 +/- 2 vs 28 +/- 1 bursts/min, P = 0.02) and mean BP (111 +/- 3 vs. 99 +/- 2 mm Hg, P = 0.003) were higher in patients with MetSyn+OSA versus patients with MetSyn-OSA. Patients with MetSyn+OSA had lower spontaneous BRS for increases (7.6 +/- 0.6 vs 12.2 +/- 1.2 msec/mm Hg, P = 0.003) and decreases (7.2 +/- 0.6 vs 11.9 +/- 1.6 msec/mm Hg, P = 0.01) in BP. MSNAwas correlated with AHI (r = 0.48; P = 0.009) and minimum nocturnal oxygen saturation (r = -0.38, P = 0.04). CONCLUSION Patients with MetSyn and comorbid OSA have higher BP, higher sympathetic drive, and diminished BRS, compared with patients with MetSyn without OSA. These adverse cardiovascular and autonomic consequences of OSA may be associated with poorer outcomes in these patients. Moreover, increased BP and sympathetic drive in patients with MetSyn+OSA may be linked, in part, to impairment of baroreflex gain.
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- Ivani C Trombetta
- Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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Kaple RK, Tsujita K, Maehara A, Mintz GS. Accuracy of stent measurements using ECG-gated greyscale intravascular ultrasound images: a validation study. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2009; 35:1265-1270. [PMID: 19541405 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Revised: 02/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Greyscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is an accurate tool for measuring stent dimensions and residual disease at the stent edge. Electrocardiographically (ECG)-gated IVUS is used in evolving second-generation IVUS systems, but this modality provides fewer greyscale cross-sectional images, and its accuracy to measure stent dimensions has not been assessed. This study was designed to validate the use of ECG-gated greyscale IVUS in measuring minimum stent area (MSA), stent length and reference dimensions compared to standard greyscale IVUS data. IVUS imaging was performed after drug-eluting stent implantation in 53 target lesions in 48 patients with acute coronary syndrome. The IVUS catheter was mechanically withdrawn at 0.5 mm/s, standard greyscale images were collected at 10 frames/s, and ECG-gated greyscale images were constructed from R-wave gated images. The MSA measured 6.20 +/- 1.75 mm(2)vs. 5.98 +/- 1.55 mm(2) on standard greyscale and ECG-gated greyscale IVUS, respectively (R(2) = 0.91, p = 0.005). The MSA position (R(2) = 0.66, p = 0.179) and stent length (R(2) = 0.99, p = 0.435) measurements were similar between modalities. Proximal reference vessel area was larger by ECG-gated IVUS, but proximal reference lumen and distal reference measurements were similar. Bland-Altman plots demonstrated good agreement between modalities. In conclusion, ECG-gated greyscale IVUS provides accurate and reliable measurements of stent length, area and reference segment plaque burden after stent implantation and is not inferior to standard greyscale IVUS.
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- Ryan K Kaple
- The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA
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Under physiologic conditions, epicardial arteries contribute minimally to coronary vascular resistance. However, in the presence of endothelial dysfunction, stimuli that normally produce vasodilation may instead cause constriction. Examples include neural release of acetylcholine or norepinephrine, platelet activation and production of serotonin and thrombin, and release of local factors such as bradykinin. This shift from a primary endothelial-mediated vasodilator influence to one of endothelial dysfunction and unchecked vasoconstriction is precisely the milieu in which coronary vasospasm is observed. This condition, which typically occurs during periods of relatively sedentary activity, is associated with focal and transient obstruction of an epicardial arterial segment resulting in characteristic echocardiographic changes and symptoms of myocardial ischemia. This review highlights the current understanding of mechanisms regulating the coronary circulation during health and examines the pathophysiologic changes that occur with coronary spasm. Genetic and other predisposing conditions are addressed, as well as novel therapies based on recent mechanistic insights of the coronary contractile dysfunction associated with coronary spasm.
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- Srilakshmi Konidala
- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, General Clinical Research Center, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Baumgart D, Haude M, Görge G, Liu F, Ge J, Grosse-Eggebrecht C, Erbel R, Heusch G. Augmented alpha-adrenergic constriction of atherosclerotic human coronary arteries. Circulation 1999; 99:2090-7. [PMID: 10217647 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.16.2090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Although adrenergic activation plays a major role in the initiation of experimental myocardial ischemia, the significance of alpha-adrenergic coronary constriction in humans has been questioned. The present study assessed the impact of selective alpha-adrenergic receptor activation in patients with normal or atherosclerotic coronary arteries. METHODS AND RESULTS In 39 patients, coronary blood flow (CBF, mL/min) was determined from combined angiography and Doppler measurements. In 8 patients with normal coronary arteries (group 1) and 9 with single coronary artery stenosis (group 2), doses of 1, 2.5, 5, and 10 mg IC of the alpha1-agonist methoxamine (M) were injected. Identical doses of the alpha2-agonist BHT933 (B) were injected in 8 patients with normal coronary arteries (group 3) and 8 with single stenosis (group 4). In 6 additional patients with single stenosis (group 5), aortocoronary sinus lactate differences were measured in response to M and B. CBF remained unchanged in group 1. In contrast, CBF was decreased dose-dependently in group 2, with a maximum at 10 mg M (39.0+/-9.4 versus 15.2+/-7.0). In groups 3 and 4, CBF was also decreased dose-dependently, with a maximum at 10 mg B (63.3+/-24.8 versus 49. 1+/-27.9 and 41.5+/-19.0 versus 12.7+/-8.0, respectively). In group 5, there was more net lactate production with B than with M (-0. 34+/-0.11 versus -0.04+/-0.09 mmol/L). CONCLUSIONS In normal coronary arteries, alpha1-adrenergic activation does not reduce CBF, whereas alpha2-adrenergic activation reduces CBF by microvascular constriction. Both alpha1- and alpha2-adrenergic epicardial and microvascular constriction are augmented by atherosclerosis and can induce myocardial ischemia.
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- D Baumgart
- Departments of Cardiology and Pathophysiology (G.H.), Center of Internal Medicine, University of Essen, Germany.
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Duncker DJ, Traverse JH, Ishibashi Y, Bache RJ. Effect of NO on transmural distribution of blood flow in hypertrophied left ventricle during exercise. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:H1305-12. [PMID: 10199856 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.4.h1305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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When exercise in the presence of a coronary artery stenosis results in subendocardial ischemia, administration of a nitric oxide (NO) donor increases subendocardial blood flow, whereas NO synthesis blockade worsens subendocardial hypoperfusion. Because left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is also associated with subendocardial hypoperfusion during exercise, this study tested the hypothesis that alterations of NO availability can similarly influence subendocardial blood flow in the hypertrophied heart. Studies were performed in seven dogs in which ascending aortic banding resulted in an 80% increase in LV weight. Myocardial blood flow was measured with microspheres during treadmill exercise that increased heart rates to 216 +/- 8 beats/min. During control exercise, mean myocardial blood flow in animals with LVH was similar to that in historic controls, but the ratio of subendocardial to subepicardial blood flow was lower in animals with hypertrophy (0.88 +/- 0.07) than in controls (1.36 +/- 0.08; P < 0.05). Blockade of NO synthesis with NG-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA; 1.5 mg/kg ic) caused no change in heart rate or LV systolic pressure during exercise. Furthermore, L-NNA did not worsen subendocardial hypoperfusion during exercise. Intracoronary infusion of nitroglycerin (0.4 microgram. kg-1. min-1) did not significantly alter either mean blood flow or the transmural distribution of perfusion during exercise in the hypertrophied hearts. Thus, unlike the subendocardial underperfusion that occurs when a stenosis limits coronary blood flow, alterations of NO availability did not alter subendocardial hypoperfusion in the hypertrophied hearts.
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- D J Duncker
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Sharir T, Rabinowitz B, Livschitz S, Moalem I, Baron J, Kaplinsky E, Chouraqui P. Underestimation of extent and severity of coronary artery disease by dipyridamole stress thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomographic myocardial perfusion imaging in patients taking antianginal drugs. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31:1540-6. [PMID: 9626832 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00142-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study evaluated the diagnostic value of dipyridamole plus low level treadmill exercise (dipyridamole stress) thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) in patients taking antianginal drugs. BACKGROUND Dipyridamole stress is the major substitute for maximal exercise in patients referred for myocardial perfusion imaging. Although antianginal drugs are commonly suspended before exercise, dipyridamole stress is usually performed without discontinuing these drugs. METHODS Twenty-six patients underwent two dipyridamole perfusion studies: the first without (SPECT-1) and the second with (SPECT-2) antianginal treatment. Twenty-one patients (81%) received calcium antagonists, 19 (73%) received nitrates, and 8 (31%) received beta-blockers. Eighteen of the patients underwent coronary angiography. Data are presented as the mean value +/- SD. RESULTS Visual scoring yielded significantly larger and more severe reversible perfusion defects for SPECT-1 than for SPECT-2. Quantitative analysis showed larger perfusion defects on stress images of SPECT-1 in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) (25 +/- 21% vs. 17 +/- 15%, p = 0.003), left circumflex coronary artery (LCx) (56 +/- 35% vs. 48 +/- 36%, p = 0.03) and right coronary artery (RCA) (36 +/- 27% vs. 25 +/- 24%, p = 0.008) territories. Individual vessel sensitivities in the LAD, LCx and RCA territories were 93%, 79% and 100% for SPECT-1 and 64%, 50% and 70% for SPECT-2, respectively. These differences were highly significant for the LAD (p = 0.004) and LCx (p = 0.00004) territories. The overall individual vessel sensitivity of SPECT-1 was significantly higher than that of SPECT-2 (92% vs. 62%, p = 0.000003). Specificity was not significantly different in SPECT-1 compared with SPECT-2 (80% and 93%, p = 0.33). CONCLUSIONS Continued use of antianginal drugs before dipyridamole plus low level treadmill exercise thallium-201 SPECT may reduce the extent and severity of myocardial perfusion defects, resulting in underestimation of coronary artery disease.
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- T Sharir
- Nuclear Cardiology Unit, Heart Institute, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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Stewart JM, Xu X, Ochoa M, Hintze TH. Exercise reduces epicardial coronary artery wall stiffness: roles of cGMP and cAMP. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1998; 30:220-8. [PMID: 9502349 DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199802000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Exercise enhances the dilation of the epicardial coronary arteries by vasodilator drugs and blood flow. Our goal was to determine whether coronary artery elastic properties were affected by brief exercise training. METHODS Arterial pressure and left circumflex coronary artery diameter were measured in dogs. Venous bolus injections of acetylcholine 5 microg x kg(-1) (ACH) and nitroglycerin 25 microg x kg(-1) (NTG) or infusions of adenosine 0.5 microM/kg/min (ADO) were given. Fifteen-second coronary artery occlusions were performed. Dogs exercised 2 h x d(-1) for 7 d at 10.9 km x h(-1). Experiments were repeated. Pressure and coronary radius data were used to calculate vessel wall stress and incremental wall modulus, Einc. RESULTS Baseline Einc and radius were not changed by exercise. Before exercise Einc increased similarly from baseline for all vasodilators. After exercise, the increase in Einc with ADO was unchanged. However, the increase was attenuated during ACH, abolished with occlusion, and reversed with NTG despite enhanced dilation. CONCLUSION Data suggest that functional remodeling of epicardial arteries begins soon after starting exercise training, before changes in resting vessel diameter, is mediated by cGMP, and contributes to increased vascular dilation. Brief exercise training enhances the vasodilating capability and elastic properties of large coronary arteries.
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- J M Stewart
- Department of Physiology, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595, USA
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Niederhoffer N, Marque V, Lartaud-Idjouadiene I, Duvivier C, Peslin R, Atkinson J. Vasodilators, aortic elasticity, and ventricular end-systolic stress in nonanesthetized unrestrained rats. Hypertension 1997; 30:1169-74. [PMID: 9369272 DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.30.5.1169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We evaluated the effect of different vasodilators on ventricular end-systolic stress by investigating the impact of sodium nitroprusside, nifedipine, and hydralazine on blood pressure, aortic stiffness, and wave reflection during drug-induced hypotension (to 80 mm Hg mean blood pressure) in normotensive (central aortic mean blood pressure, 116 to 119 mm Hg; systolic pressure, 133 to 137 mm Hg), nonanesthetized, unrestrained rats. Aortic stiffness was evaluated from the slope of the linear regression relating pulse wave velocity (PWV) to central aortic mean or pulse pressure. The fall in central aortic systolic blood pressure was less than the fall in mean pressure, especially after hydralazine (122+/-4 mm Hg; sodium nitroprusside, 107+/-2; and nifedipine, 112+/-3 mm Hg; P<.05). The PWV/mean pressure slope was linear, positive, and similar in all three groups (hydralazine, 3.3+/-0.2; sodium nitroprusside, 3.8+/-0.3; and nifedipine, 3.9+/-0.3 cm x s[-1]x mm Hg[-1]; P>.05). The PWV/pulse pressure slope was linear, negative, and less steep in the case of hydralazine (-4.9+/-0.6; sodium nitroprusside, -15.5+/-3.7; and nifedipine, -13.5+/-2.9 cm x s[-1] x mm Hg[-1]; P<.05). The travel time and augmentation index of the reflected wave were similar in all groups. In conclusion, sodium nitroprusside and nifedipine had a more beneficial effect on end-systolic stress than did hydralazine. This does not appear to be related to any specific effect on wave reflection or the "static" relationship between PWV and aortic mean blood pressure; it may be related to the effects of these drugs on the "dynamic" relationship between PWV and pulse pressure.
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- N Niederhoffer
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie Cardio-vasculaire, Faculté de Pharmacie de l'Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy I, France
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Crowley JJ, Dardas PS, Harcombe AA, Shapiro LM. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic analysis of phasic coronary blood flow velocity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart 1997; 77:558-63. [PMID: 9227302 PMCID: PMC484801 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.6.558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To use transthoracic Doppler echocardiography to assess coronary blood flow non-invasively in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. DESIGN High frequency transthoracic Doppler echocardiography was used to assess resting phasic coronary velocity patterns in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and to define the relation between coronary flow patterns and clinical, echocardiographic, and haemodynamic manifestations of this condition. SETTING A tertiary referral cardiothoracic centre. METHODS Fifteen patients (10 men and five women, mean (SD) age 49 (10.3) years) with asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent high frequency (5 MHz) transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the left anterior descending coronary artery. In addition, standard two dimensional echocardiography was performed. The results were compared with 16 normal participants (nine men and seven women, mean age 61.2 (10.7) years) who had no evidence of cardiac disease. RESULTS Biphasic diastolic predominant coronary artery blood velocity profiles were obtained in all patients and controls. Systolic peak blood velocity and velocity time integral were significantly reduced in the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy group compared with controls (11.3 (15.8) cm/s and 1.09 (1.78) cm v 20.5 (13.1) cm/s and 4.23 (2.80) cm, respectively, P < 0.05). A reversed pattern of systolic blood flow velocity was found in three patients with severe anterior wall and septal hypertrophy. During diastole there was prolongation of the diastolic acceleration (203 (53) ms v 110 (60) ms in controls, P < 0.05) and deceleration times (487 (200) ms v 210 (90) ms in controls, P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between those with and without symptoms or a left ventricular outflow tract gradient. CONCLUSIONS Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have abnormal systolic and diastolic coronary flow profiles at rest when measured by transthoracic echocardiography.
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- J J Crowley
- Regional Cardiac Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kondo M, Fujiwara T, Miyazaki T, Terade M, Tabei R. Noradrenergic hyperinnervation may inhibit necrosis of coronary arterial smooth muscle cells in stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. Virchows Arch 1997; 430:71-5. [PMID: 9037318 DOI: 10.1007/bf01008019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Noradrenergic (NA) nerve fibre distribution and vascular smooth muscle morphology were investigated in the coronary artery of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP). Fluorescent NA nerve fibres of SHRSP aged 10, 30, 60, 90 and 180 days were examined by the glyoxylic acid method and compared with those of age-matched normotensive Wistar Kyoto (WKY) rats. The distribution densities of NA nerve fibres were measured by quantitative image analysis using the Interactive Bildanalyse System. The densities of NA nerve fibres of the left coronary artery of SHRSP were significantly higher than those of WKY rats at all ages examined. NA hyperinnervation in the coronary artery of SHRSP may be caused by the hyperfunction of the stellate ganglia which innervate the coronary arteries. Scanning electron microscopy observations showed that the surface of smooth muscle cells of the left coronary artery in SHRSP was smooth and similar to that of WKY rats at 120 days of age, but was slightly modified by more invaginations and projections than that in WKY rats at 180 days of age. No necrotic cells, however, were found in SHRSP. By transmission electron microscopy the smooth muscle cells in SHRSP were shown to be irregular in profile with deep indentations of the plasma membrane and surrounded by many layers of basal laminalike material, but no necrotic cells were found. We suggest that NA hyperinnervation protects the vascular smooth muscle cells from necrosis in the coronary artery of SHRSP by a trophic effect mediated by NA nerve fibres.
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- M Kondo
- Department of Pathology, Ehime University School of Medicine, Japan
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Kornet L, Jansen JR, Gussenhoven EJ, Versprille A. Determination of the mean cross-sectional area of the thoracic aorta using a double indicator dilution technique. Pflugers Arch 1996; 432:1069-73. [PMID: 8781202 DOI: 10.1007/s004240050236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A double indicator dilution technique for determining the mean cross-sectional area (CSA) of a blood vessel in vivo is presented. Analogous to the thermodilution method, dilution of hypertonic saline was measured by an electrical conductance technique. Because the change in conductance rather than absolute conductance was used to calculate CSA, pulsatile changes in shear rate of blood and conductance of surrounding tissues had no effect on the data. To calculate CSA from an ion mass balance, cardiac output was needed and estimated from the thermodilution curve using the same "cold" (hypertonic) saline injection. The mean CSA, obtained from this double indicator dilution method (CSAGD), was compared with the CSA obtained from the intravascular ultrasound method (IVUS) in 44 paired observations in six piglets. The regression line is close to the line of identity (CSAGD = -1.83 + 1.06 . CSAIVUS, r = 0.96). The difference between both CSAs was independent of the diameter of the vessel, on average -0.99 mm2 +/- 2.64 mm2 (mean CSAGD = 46.84 +/- 8.21 mm2, mean CSAIVUS = 47.82 +/- 9.08 mm2) and not significant. The results show that the double indicator dilution method is a reliable technique for estimating the CSA of blood vessels in vivo.
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- L Kornet
- Pathophysiological Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000-DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Pourageaud F, Freslon JL. Effects of nitric oxide and sodium nitroprusside on the intrinsic elastic properties of pressurized rat coronary artery. Fundam Clin Pharmacol 1996; 10:136-43. [PMID: 8737956 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.1996.tb00156.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The study was designed to assess the influence of either nitric oxide (NO) or sodium nitroprusside and the absence of endothelium on the intrinsic elastic properties of coronary arteries from WKY rats. For this purpose, segments of the right interventricular coronary were mounted in an arteriograph where wall thickness and internal diameter were continuously monitored while intraluminal pressure was controlled in the absence of flow. To study the passive properties, pressure-diameter relationships were determined by measuring the corresponding internal diameter for each stepwise increase in intraluminal pressure. Thus, wall stress, strain and incremental elastic modulus (Einc) were assessed in the following experimental conditions: control, incubation with nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME, 100 microM) or L-NAME + L-arginine (L-arg, 100 microM), incubation with sodium nitroprusside (SNP, 100 microM), endothelium removal (CHAPS). The Einc-stress relationship was not significantly different in the different experimental conditions, but values of Einc plotted as function of strain were significantly decreased after L-NAME incubation and partly reversed after L-arg addition. The same effect was observed after endothelium destruction but to a lesser extent. After SNP incubation, values of Einc were significantly decreased for small values of strain and increased for high values of this parameter. These results show that NO synthase inhibition induced, for a given strain, a decrease of elastic modulus in coronary arteries. It can be speculated that functional antagonism exerted by NO against spontaneous contractile tone was reduced. Thus, the smooth muscle cells were in a greater state of activation and probably more strongly involved in the intrinsic elastic properties of this preparation. However, an unexplained effect of NO on wall stiffness cannot be excluded. Conversely, SNP increased the initial diameter and induced an initial decrease in stiffness followed by a subsequent increase. After endothelium destruction, stiffness was significantly decreased compared to control conditions. It can be concluded that NO modulates the intrinsic elastic properties of the coronary arteries through smooth muscle cell relaxation. Furthermore, results with SNP support the hypothesis that the lower the state of activation of the smooth muscle cells, the higher the elastic modulus of the arterial wall in this coronary artery preparation.
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- F Pourageaud
- Laboratoire de Pharmacodynamie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Bordeaux II, France
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Kurvers HA, Hofstra L, Jacobs MJ, Daemen MA, van den Wildenberg FA, Kitslaar PJ, Slaaf DW, Reneman RS. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy: does sympathetic dysfunction originate from peripheral neuropathy? Surgery 1996; 119:288-96. [PMID: 8619184 DOI: 10.1016/s0039-6060(96)80115-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Sympathetic dysfunction in reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) has been purported to consist of an afferently-induced increase in efferent sympathetic nerve impulses (somato-sympathetic reflex) and/or denervation-induced supersensitivity to catecholamines. In addition, both the central and peripheral nervous systems have been claimed to be involved. It was the aim of this study to obtain more insights into these underlying mechanisms. METHODS In the affected extremeties of 42 patients with RSD we investigated as indirect measures of sympathetic (dys)function: (1) skin blood flow and the vasoconstrictive response to dependency of skin microvessels by means of laser Doppler flowmetry (distal to the site of trauma), (2) relative distention of the brachial artery and changes in relative distention consequent to a cold pressor test by means of ultrasonic vessel wall tracking (proximal to the site of trauma), and (3) arterial blood pressures by means of the Finapres technique. Both provocation tests induce a sympathetically mediated response. Patients were divided into three categories according to their perception of skin temperature in their injured limb (stage I, stationary warmth sensation; stage II, intermittent warmth and cold sensation; or stage III, stationary cold sensation). RESULTS Distal to the site of trauma, when compared with controls, skin blood flow was increased at stage I and decreased at stages II and III, whereas the vasoconstrictive response to dependency was impaired at all three stages. Proximally, when compared with controls, relative distention of the brachial artery and its response to the cold pressor test were decreased at all three stages. No differences were observed in pulse pressure between patient groups and controls. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that sympathetic dysfunction in extremities of patients with RSD distal to the site of trauma consists of hypersensitivity to catecholamines at stages II and III as a result of autonomic denervation at stage I, whereas proximal to the site of trauma sympathetic nerve impulses may be increased at all three stages.
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- H A Kurvers
- Department of Surgery, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Weissman NJ, Palacios IF, Weyman AE. Dynamic expansion of the coronary arteries: implications for intravascular ultrasound measurements. Am Heart J 1995; 130:46-51. [PMID: 7611122 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90234-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The majority of coronary artery blood flow occurs in diastole; however, systolic epicardial coronary artery expansion has been described. With the advent of intravascular ultrasound, precise measurements of arterial structures with excellent spacial and temporal resolution are now readily available. However, the effect of dynamic expansion of the coronary arteries on routine intravascular ultrasound measurements has not been assessed. The purpose of this study was to determine in vivo the presence, timing, and extent of dynamic changes in the coronary arteries and saphenous vein grafts and to assess their implications for intravascular ultrasound measurements. Intravascular ultrasound images were obtained with simultaneous electrocardiographic monitoring in 202 coronary artery and 50 saphenous vein graft sites in 32 patients with varying plaque burden and morphologic features. Arterial, luminal, and plaque area were measured at end-diastole and early, mid-, and end-systole. Coronary luminal diameter increased 2.1%; luminal area increased 8.1%; arterial area increased 3.7%; and plaque area decreased 4.9% during mid and late systole (p < 0.01). There was no detectable cyclic change in saphenous vein graft dimensions. In coronary arteries there was significant systolic expansion of the artery and lumen and systolic thinning of the plaque. The magnitude of dynamic luminal area change was greater than the variability in measurement and thus warrants gating to the cardiac cycle. The lack of dynamic change in saphenous vein grafts and the relatively small dynamic change in luminal diameter and arterial and plaque areas suggest nominal utility in gating these measurements to the cardiac cycle.
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- N J Weissman
- Cardiac Ultrasound Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA
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Nakatani S, Yamagishi M, Tamai J, Goto Y, Umeno T, Kawaguchi A, Yutani C, Miyatake K. Assessment of coronary artery distensibility by intravascular ultrasound. Application of simultaneous measurements of luminal area and pressure. Circulation 1995; 91:2904-10. [PMID: 7796499 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.91.12.2904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic change in the coronary artery is associated with an impaired vessel wall distensibility. However, there are few data regarding the relation between vessel wall morphology and distensibility. Therefore, with intravascular ultrasound, we assessed coronary artery distensibility in angiographically normal coronary segments of humans. METHODS AND RESULTS Data were analyzed at 35 angiographically normal coronary sites where circumferential or noncircumferential lesions were demonstrated by ultrasound in 22 patients (mean age, 55 years). After intracoronary injection of 500 micrograms nitroglycerin (NTG), coronary luminal area was measured with intravascular ultrasound (30 MHz, 3.5F to 4.3F, 1800 rpm). Intracoronary pressure was simultaneously measured with a 2F micromanometer-tipped catheter located at the left main coronary artery. The coronary distensibility index was calculated as 10-fold the ratio of luminal area change to intracoronary pressure change during a cardiac cycle. Another pressure-independent vascular stiffness index, beta, was derived by the following formula: beta = [ln(SBP/DBP)]/(dD/diastolic mean diameter), where SBP is systolic intracoronary pressure, DBP is diastolic intracoronary pressure, and dD is the difference between systolic and diastolic diameters. At the sites where luminal areas were measured, thickness of intima-media complex, defined as the distance between the intimal leading edge and the adventitial leading edge, was determined as an index of the severity of atherosclerosis. In seven segments, distensibility index was determined before and after NTG injection to examine the effect of NTG on coronary distensibility. In all examined sites, including circumferential and noncircumferential lesions, the luminal area was 12.6 +/- 5.0 mm2 during systole and 11.6 +/- 4.6 mm2 during diastole, and the calculated coronary distensibility index ranged from 0 to 0.83 mm2/mm Hg. The thickness of the intima-media complex ranged from 0.12 to 1.30 mm, suggesting the presence of various grades of atherosclerosis even in the absence of angiographic lesions. There was a poor inverse correlation between thickness of the intima-media complex and distensibility index (r = .19, y = -0.17x + 0.41, P = .29). However, when noncircumferential lesions were excluded for evaluation, there was a significant inverse correlation between them (r = .58, y = -0.50x + 0.72, P < .01). Under these conditions, the thickness of the intima-media complex also correlated with the value of beta (X10(-1), which ranged from 0.28 to 3.99 (r = .70). After NTG injection, coronary distensibility increased by an average of 71% in the segments with a thin intima-media complex, whereas it did not substantially change in those with a relatively thick intima-media complex. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that coronary distensibility is impaired in the coronary sites accompanying occult atherosclerosis, none of which can be detected by the conventional angiography. NTG can augment coronary distensibility in the segments without a markedly thickened intima-media complex. We suggest that thickness of the intima-media complex can contribute to determining the coronary distensibility in clinical settings.
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- S Nakatani
- Cardiology Division of Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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Hirano M, Fujigaki T, Shibata O, Sumikawa K. A comparison of coronary hemodynamics during isoflurane and sevoflurane anesthesia in dogs. Anesth Analg 1995; 80:651-6. [PMID: 7893013 DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199504000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We studied the effects of sevoflurane and isoflurane on coronary hemodynamics in relation to myocardial oxygen supply and demand. Dogs were anesthetized with pentobarbital and fentanyl and received isoflurane or sevoflurane. An electromagnetic flow probe and a pair of piezoelectric crystals were placed on the left circumflex coronary artery (CX) to measure CX flow and diameter. The dogs were randomly assigned to receive isoflurane or sevoflurane at a dose of 0.75 and 1.5 minimum alveolar anesthetic concentration (MAC). The CX diameter decreased in parallel with the decrease in mean arterial pressure during both anesthetics. The CX blood flow decreased in parallel with the decrease in myocardial oxygen consumption (MVo2) during sevoflurane, whereas it did not change in spite of the decrease in MVO2 during isoflurane. The CX vascular resistance decreased significantly during isoflurane but not during sevoflurane. Moreover, the myocardial oxygen extraction ratio (Mo2exr) decreased at 0.75 and 1.5 MAC isoflurane and at 1.5 MAC sevoflurane, and the decrease in Mo2exr was significantly greater during isoflurane than during sevoflurane. The results suggest that sevoflurane is a less potent coronary arteriolar dilator than isoflurane, and that neither sevoflurane or isoflurane has a direct effect on the diameter of large coronary arteries.
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- M Hirano
- Department of Anesthesiology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Sudhir K, Mullen WL, Hausmann D, Fitzgerald PJ, Chou TM, Yock PG, Chatterjee K. Contribution of endothelium-derived nitric oxide to coronary arterial distensibility: an in vivo two-dimensional intravascular ultrasound study. Am Heart J 1995; 129:726-32. [PMID: 7900624 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(95)90322-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Reduced epicardial coronary arterial distensibility associated with early atherosclerosis may be mediated in part by reduced nitric oxide (NO) release. To directly assess the contribution of endogenous NO to coronary arterial distensibility, we examined the effect of intracoronary N omega nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of NO synthase, and L-arginine, its natural substrate, on the circumflex artery in seven anesthetized dogs. We also used intracoronary acetylcholine to examine the effect of pharmacologically induced NO release on coronary distensibility. Electrocardiographically gated measurements of epicardial coronary lumen area were made by a blinded observer from images obtained with a 4.3F, 30 MHz intravascular ultrasound catheter. Aortic root pressure was continuously monitored, and neither systemic arterial pressure nor pulse pressure changed significantly with intracoronary drug administration. Change in lumen area (delta LA) from end systole to end diastole was measured, and an arterial distensibility index was calculated. Delta LA increased with acetylcholine from 8.2% +/- 0.5% at baseline to 16.3% +/- 2.8% (10(-6) mol/L; p < 0.001), with increases in both end-systolic and end-diastolic lumen area and decreased delta LA to 3.1% +/- 1.3% (p < 0.01). Lumen area and delta LA were both restored to baseline by L-arginine (10(-4)). The calculated distensibility index of the epicardial coronary artery was enhanced by acetylcholine, reduced below baseline by L-NAME, and restored to baseline by L-arginine.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- K Sudhir
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco
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Hirano M, Fujigaki T, Shibata O, Sumikawa K. A Comparison of Coronary Hemodynamics During Isoflurane and Sevoflurane Anesthesia in Dogs. Anesth Analg 1995. [DOI: 10.1213/00000539-199504000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Burke MN, McGinn AL, Homans DC, Christensen BV, Kubo SH, Wilson RF. Evidence for functional sympathetic reinnervation of left ventricle and coronary arteries after orthotopic cardiac transplantation in humans. Circulation 1995; 91:72-8. [PMID: 7646628 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.91.1.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND Structural sympathetic reinnervation of the transplanted human heart is believed to occur > 1 year after cardiac transplantation. The functional effects of reinnervating neurons, however, are undefined. METHODS AND RESULTS To test directly for functional sympathetic reinnervation, we measured left ventricular or coronary hemodynamics in 11 patients < or = 4 months after transplantation, in 45 patients > or = 1 year after transplantation, and in 13 untransplanted, normally innervated patients. Sympathetic neurons were stimulated with left coronary injection of tyramine (10 micrograms/kg), which causes norepinephrine release from intact sympathetic nerve terminals. Reinnervation was defined as a measure of cardiac norepinephrine release after intracoronary tyramine injection. Left ventricular pressure was measured before and at 1-minute intervals after tyramine with a micromanometer-tipped catheter (Millar Instruments). Coronary blood flow velocity (CBFV) was measured with a 3F Doppler catheter (Numed), and coronary artery cross-sectional area was calculated using quantitative coronary angiography. In both early patients and patients studied > or = 4 months after transplantation without reinnervation (late denervated), there was no change in left ventricular function in response to tyramine (delta dP/dt = 31 +/- 61 and 49 +/- 54 mm Hg/s, respectively; P = NS). In transplant recipients with reinnervation (late reinnervated), left ventricular dP/dt rose significantly (delta dP/dt = 210 +/- 97 mm Hg/s; P < .05) but less than in healthy patients (delta dP/dt = 577 +/- 66 mm Hg/s; P < .05). In both early and late denervated patients, there was no change in CBFV in response to tyramine (CBFV = 1.02 +/- 0.1 and 1.0 +/- 0.1 x basal, respectively; P = NS). In late reinnervated patients, CBFV fell significantly (CBFV = 0.94 +/- 0.1 x basal; P < .05). In healthy patients, CBFV fell even more (CBFV = 0.88 +/- 0.1 x basal; P < .05). CONCLUSIONS Stimulation of reinnervating sympathetic neurons with tyramine in transplant recipients causes a significant but subnormal increase in dP/dt and a transient decrease in CBFV, suggesting that reinnervating sympathetic neurons can produce physiologically meaningful changes in left ventricular function and coronary artery tone.
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- M N Burke
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Ghaleh B, Dubois-Randé JL, Hittinger L, Giudicelli JF, Berdeaux A. Comparisons of the effects of nicorandil, pinacidil, nicardipine and nitroglycerin on coronary vessels in the conscious dog: role of the endothelium. Br J Pharmacol 1995; 114:496-502. [PMID: 7881748 PMCID: PMC1510239 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1995.tb13254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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1. The vasodilator properties of nicorandil on large and small coronary arteries were compared to those of nicardipine, pinacidil, nitroglycerin and acetylcholine in six conscious dogs. 2. Intravenous bolus injections of acetylcholine (0.1 micrograms kg-1), nitroglycerin (0.3-3 micrograms kg-1), pinacidil (10-100 micrograms kg-1), nicardipine (3-30 micrograms kg-1) and nicorandil (10-100 micrograms kg-1) dose-dependently increased circumflex coronary artery diameter and decreased coronary vascular resistance, indicating vasodilator effects on both conduit and resistance coronary arteries. 3. Three days after removal of the endothelium of the circumflex coronary artery (balloon angioplasty), pinacidil- and nicardipine-induced dilation of large coronary arteries was greatly reduced (both -76%, P < 0.01) whereas that produced by nitroglycerin and nicorandil was decreased only slightly and to a similar extent for both drugs (-19%, P < 0.01 and -28%, P < 0.05, respectively). 4. Thus in conscious dogs, nicardipine- and pinacidil-induced dilatation of large coronary arteries is endothelium-dependent. In contrast, the vasodilator effects of nitroglycerin and nicorandil on conduit vessels are endothelium-independent. 5. Finally, our results demonstrate that nicorandil dilates the large coronary arteries through its nitrate-like action and that the ATP-potassium channel opening properties of the drug are not involved in this effect in the conscious dog.
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- B Ghaleh
- Département de Pharmacologie, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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Tsukube T, Okada M, Mukai T, Kashem MA, Ota T. Effect of dynamic cardiomyoplasty on phasic coronary arterial flow velocity in canine hearts. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(94)70283-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Indolfi C, Rapacciuolo A, Condorelli M, Chiariello M. Alpha-adrenergic control of coronary circulation in man. Basic Res Cardiol 1994; 89:381-96. [PMID: 7702533 DOI: 10.1007/bf00788277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- C Indolfi
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Gregorini L, Fajadet J, Robert G, Cassagneau B, Bernis M, Marco J. Coronary vasoconstriction after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is attenuated by antiadrenergic agents. Circulation 1994; 90:895-907. [PMID: 8044961 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.90.2.895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vasoconstriction occurs after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) along the dilated vessel. The vasomotor changes, initiated by the mechanical stretch of the stenotic region, are thought to be due to various mechanisms but whether the sympathetic nervous system plays a role in this phenomenon remains unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS Quantitative angiography (ARTREK) was performed in 45 patients undergoing an epicardial vessel PTCA for a stenosis of 76 +/- 1% (1) in basal conditions, (2) after PTCA, and (3) 30 minutes after PTCA (vasoconstriction). In 14 control patients, the same measurements were obtained up to 60 minutes after PTCA. Coronary diameters were measured along the PTCA vessel at the narrowest stenosis level and at a level peripheral to stenosis. In 36 patients two diameters were also measured at a proximal segment and at a distal segment along a nonmanipulated vessel. Thirty minutes after PTCA the dilated segment underwent a -31 +/- 2% (mean +/- SEM, ANOVA, P < .05) reduction in diameter when compared with PTCA values, and the segment peripheral to stenosis showed a reduction of -17 +/- 2% (P < .05). In all patients a significant vasoconstriction also was observed along the control vessel (proximal segment, -14 +/- 3%; P < .05 versus basal; and distal segment, -17 +/- 2%). At the time of maximal vasoconstriction (30 minutes after PTCA), the patients (treatment groups) received (1) 18 micrograms/kg IC phentolamine (Phe, n = 7), (2) 14 micrograms/kg IC yohimbine (YO, n = 7), (3) 16 micrograms/kg IC propranolol (Pro) followed by 18 micrograms/kg IC phentolamine (Pro+Phe, n = 7), and (4) 0.2 mg/kg IC bretylium (Bre, n = 10). In 14 patients (control groups) an intracoronary injection of warm saline was given. After drug injections, angiograms were repeated at 5-minute intervals for 20 minutes and ended after a 300-micrograms intracoronary trinitroglycerin injection. At stenosis level, Phe and Bre counteracted vasoconstriction, inducing a dilatation of +19 +/- 3% and +22 +/- 6%, respectively, while Pro+Phe caused a dilatation of +16 +/- 9% above the PTCA values (P < .05 versus PTCA). YO only partially reversed vasoconstriction (from -33 +/- 4% to -12 +/- 4%, P = NS versus PTCA). At peripheral-to-stenosis level, vasoconstriction was abolished by Phe (+26 +/- 7%, P < .05 versus basal), while it was still present after Pro+Phe (-23 +/- 2%) and Bre (-18 +/- 4%). In addition, Phe and Bre dilated the control vessel at the proximal segment (+17 +/- 6% and +8 +/- 4%, respectively, P < .05 versus basal), while YO and Pro+Phe only counteracted vasoconstriction (from -15 +/- 3% to +7.6 +/- 1% and from -16 +/- 3% to +4 +/- 5%, respectively, P = NS versus basal). At the distal segment only Phe produced a vasodilatation of +23 +/- 1%; YO counteracted constriction (from -16 +/- 2% to +9 +/- 6%, P < .05 versus basal), whereas after Pro+Phe and Bre, the vasoconstriction persisted. CONCLUSIONS The mechanical stretch and ischemia caused by balloon inflation induced vasoconstriction mediated by alpha-adrenergic receptors (mainly alpha 1), overcoming a beta-mediated dilatation. The use of different antiadrenergic drugs showed that Phe counteracts post-PTCA vasoconstriction, and the simultaneous use of alpha- and beta-receptor blocking agents (Pro+Phe and Bre) reveals the presence of a peripheral, predominant beta-mediated dilatation. The presence of vasoconstriction also along the control vessels not branching from the stretched ramus provides evidence for the existence of neural sympathetic vasoconstrictor reflexes.
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MESH Headings
- Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
- Bretylium Compounds/pharmacology
- Coronary Angiography/methods
- Coronary Disease/physiopathology
- Coronary Disease/therapy
- Coronary Vessels/drug effects
- Coronary Vessels/physiopathology
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phentolamine/pharmacology
- Propranolol/pharmacology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha/physiology
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/drug effects
- Receptors, Adrenergic, beta/physiology
- Sympatholytics/pharmacology
- Vasoconstriction/drug effects
- Yohimbine/pharmacology
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- L Gregorini
- Clinica Medica Generale, Università di Milano, Italy
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Mahmarian JJ, Fenimore NL, Marks GF, Francis MJ, Morales-Ballejo H, Verani MS, Pratt CM. Transdermal nitroglycerin patch therapy reduces the extent of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia: results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial using quantitative thallium-201 tomography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1994; 24:25-32. [PMID: 8006274 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(94)90537-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study prospectively evaluated whether transdermal nitroglycerin patches could limit the extent of exercise-induced left ventricular ischemia as assessed by quantitative thallium-201 tomography. BACKGROUND Although antianginal medications are effective at reducing chest pain symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease, there is limited evidence that these agents can also reduce myocardial ischemia. METHODS This was a randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo-controlled trial evaluating nitroglycerin patch therapy in patients in stable condition with angiographic coronary artery disease and no previous myocardial infarction. All patients were weaned from antianginal agents and had a baseline symptom-limited treadmill test followed by thallium-201 tomography. Forty patients with perfusion defects involving > or = 5% of the left ventricle were randomized to receive either intermittent (12 h on/off) active nitroglycerin patch therapy (0.4 mg/h) or placebo. Exercise tomography was repeated a mean (+/- SD) of 6.1 +/- 1.8 days after randomization. RESULTS Patients randomized to receive active patch therapy had a significant reduction in their total perfusion defect size (-8.9 +/- 11.1%) compared with placebo-treated patients (-1.8 +/- 6.1%, p = 0.04), which was most apparent in those with the largest (> or = 20%) baseline perfusion defects (-11.4 +/- 13.4% vs. 1.0 +/- 3.6%, respectively, p < 0.02). Furthermore, 7 (33%) of 21 patients receiving active therapy had a > or = 10% decrease in their perfusion defects compared with only 1 (5%) of 19 patients randomized to receive placebo (p = 0.002). Nitrate therapy did not significantly reduce heart rate, blood pressure or double product, indicating benefit through enhancement of coronary blood flow. CONCLUSIONS Short-term, intermittent nitroglycerin patch therapy significantly reduces myocardial ischemia, particularly in patients with large ischemic perfusion defects. Thallium-201 tomography can be used to assess sequential changes in the extent of exercise-induced left ventricular ischemia.
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- J J Mahmarian
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Teerlink JR, Breu V, Sprecher U, Clozel M, Clozel JP. Potent vasoconstriction mediated by endothelin ETB receptors in canine coronary arteries. Circ Res 1994; 74:105-14. [PMID: 8261583 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.74.1.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Endothelin (ET) 1 is a powerful vasoconstrictor of coronary arteries and may play a role in coronary spasm, atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarction. Previous studies have demonstrated that intracoronary ET caused marked vasoconstriction of the coronary circulation; however, it remains unclear which ET receptor types are present and which of these receptors mediate this vasoconstriction. To characterize the ET receptors present in dog coronary arteries, competition binding assays with radiolabeled ET-1 using ET-1, ET-3, ETA receptor antagonist BQ-123, and sarafotoxin S6c were performed. Three binding sites were apparent in the left circumflex coronary artery: an ETA receptor, a high-affinity ETB receptor, and a lower-affinity ETB receptor. To investigate the in vivo effects of ETB receptor stimulation, intracoronary sarafotoxin S6c, a highly selective ETB agonist, was administered in anesthetized open-chest dogs in a constant-pressure coronary artery perfusion model. Sarafotoxin S6c doses of 0.1 and 0.3 microgram caused a transient pronounced decrease in coronary resistance. Doses of 1.0 and 3.0 micrograms caused marked decreases in coronary diameter and blood flow, as well as myocardial segmental shortening. These effects of sarafotoxin S6c were not inhibited by constant infusion of BQ-123. The present study demonstrates the presence of ETB receptors in the canine coronary circulation that can mediate both vasodilation and vasoconstriction. These findings have important implications for an understanding of the pathophysiological function of ET in the coronary vasculature and for the development of therapeutically effective ET antagonists.
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- J R Teerlink
- Pharma Division, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
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Most centrally mediated sympathoexcitatory reflexes produce increases in arterial pressure, heart rate, and peripheral vascular resistance, including coronary vasoconstriction. Cerebral ischemia also causes large increases in arterial pressure and peripheral vasoconstriction but with modest or variable changes in heart rate. To examine the effect of cerebral ischemia on coronary vascular resistance, we produced cerebral ischemia in 14 cats by occluding the right brachiocephalic and left subclavian arteries for 30 seconds. After vagotomy and beta-blockade, a marked increase in arterial pressure (89 +/- 14%) and coronary vascular resistance (52 +/- 7%) was seen. After inhibition of the carotid baroreceptor reflex by surgical denervation and application of topical lidocaine, the increase in arterial pressure to cerebral ischemia was not affected, but the increase in coronary vascular resistance was attenuated (33 +/- 6%; p < 0.05 versus before denervation) to a level expected with autoregulation. To evaluate the possible contribution of the chemoreflex on coronary blood flow during cerebral ischemia, we conducted separate experiments in which nicotine was injected into both carotid arteries. Coronary constriction was not observed. Adrenalectomy and upper extremity ischemia likewise did not alter coronary vascular resistance. We conclude that cerebral ischemia elicits neurally mediated coronary vasoconstriction as a result of baroreceptor hypotension rather than directly. The relative absence of neurogenic coronary constriction and changes in heart rate suggest that sympathoexcitation during cerebral ischemia is directed more toward the peripheral vasculature than the heart.
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- S L De Boel
- Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City
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Schwarzacher S, Weidinger F, Krejcy K, Raberger G. Assessment of changes in vasomotor tone in vivo using intravascular ultrasound. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 1992; 28:143-7. [PMID: 1489985 DOI: 10.1016/1056-8719(92)90076-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This study tested the capability of high-frequency, two-dimensional real-time intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in the detection of dynamic changes of large vessel diameter in vivo. An IVUS-catheter (4.8 French, 20-MHz mechanical transducer) was inserted via the femoral vein, and advanced to the inferior vena cava of anesthetized rabbits (n = 7). The depth of field of the transducer allowed for visualization of the entire cross-sections of both the inferior vena cava (IVC) and the adjacent aorta. Changes in vessel diameter were induced pharmacologically using norepinephrine (NE) and glyceryltrinitrate (GTN), which were injected intravenously before and after the administration of L-NG-nitro-arginine methyl ester) L-NAME, a specific inhibitor of endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF)-biosynthesis. Vasoconstriction and -dilation could be observed continuously from the two-dimensional real-time recordings of vessel cross-sections. Vessel diameters and cross-sectional areas (CA) were measured from still frames at given time intervals of drug infusion, and blood pressure and heart rate were recorded continuously. Following NE, an increase of aortic and a simultaneous decrease of venous CA were observed, while GTN elicited the opposite responses. Inhibition of EDRF was followed by an augmentation of the vascular responses. It is concluded that IVUS is capable of detecting changes in vascular dimensions in vivo. Thus in large vessels, IVUS may become a method for the direct assessment of vasomotion in vivo.
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- S Schwarzacher
- Department of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Vienna, Austria
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Matsievskii DD, Belkina LM, Tolmacheva EA. Coronary blood flow dynamics in rats. Bull Exp Biol Med 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00790045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Baran KW, Bache RJ, Dai XZ, Schwartz JS. Effect of alpha-adrenergic blockade with prazosin on large coronary diameter during exercise. Circulation 1992; 85:1139-45. [PMID: 1346979 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.85.3.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND
Exercise-induced dilation of coronary resistance vessels is limited by alpha-adrenergic mechanisms. However, the effect of alpha-adrenergic mechanisms on large coronary arteries during exercise is not known.
METHODS AND RESULTS
In the present study, sonomicrometry was used to measure circumflex coronary arterial diameter during treadmill exercise before and after alpha 1-adrenergic blockade with prazosin in eight instrumented dogs. Before infusion of prazosin, exercise caused a fall in coronary vascular resistance (2.1 +/- 0.4 to 1.6 +/- 0.2 units, p less than 0.05) and dilation of the circumflex coronary artery (4.66 +/- 0.37 to 4.79 +/- 0.34 mm, p less than 0.05). Intracoronary infusion of prazosin during exercise caused a further decrease in coronary vascular resistance (1.6 +/- 0.2 to 1.4 +/- 0.2 units, p less than 0.05) and a further increase in circumflex coronary arterial diameter (4.79 +/- 0.34 to 4.83 +/- 0.34 mm, p less than 0.05). Intracoronary infusion of vehicle without prazosin during exercise did not cause a further decrease in coronary vascular resistance or increase in coronary diameter. Prazosin caused no significant increase in heart rate, aortic pressure, or coronary blood flow. Therefore, both small coronary resistance vessels and large epicardial coronary arteries dilated during exercise and dilated further after alpha-adrenergic blockade.
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This finding indicates that alpha 1-adrenergic activity during exercise limits dilation of both large and small coronary arteries.
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- K W Baran
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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This survey of cardiac hemodynamics updates evolving concepts of myocardial and ventricular systolic and diastolic loading and function. The pumping action of the heart and its interactions with arterial and venous systems in health and disease provide an extremely rich and challenging field of research, viewed from a fluid dynamic perspective. Many of the more important problems in this field, even if the fluid dynamics in them are considered in isolation, are found to raise questions which have not been asked in the history of fluid dynamics research. Biomedical engineering will increasingly contribute to their solution.
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- A Pasipoularides
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706
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BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to determine the functional distribution of alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic receptors in the epicardial coronary microcirculation. This goal was accomplished by intracoronary administration of the selective alpha 1-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine and the selective alpha 2-adrenergic agonist BHT-933 during measurements of coronary microvascular diameters in the beating heart. METHODS AND RESULTS Experimental measurements were made under conditions with intact vasomotor tone and during coronary hypoperfusion (i.e., under conditions with autoregulatory mechanisms intact and blunted, respectively). Administration of selective alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic antagonists, prazosin and SKF 104078, respectively, confirmed that the agonists were preferentially activating the desired adrenergic receptor subtype because the vasoconstrictor effects of the agonists were completely blocked by the appropriate antagonist. With baseline coronary vasomotor tone intact, phenylephrine caused constriction (8 +/- 3% decrease in diameter, p less than 0.05) of small coronary arteries (vessels greater than 100 microns in diameter) but did not produce constriction of coronary arterioles (vessels less than 100 microns in diameter). During coronary hypoperfusion, phenylephrine caused constriction (p less than 0.05) of both small coronary arteries and arterioles, 6 +/- 2% and 11 +/- 3% decreases in diameter, respectively. BHT-933 did not cause significant changes in microvascular diameters under control conditions but substantially and selectively decreased arteriolar diameters during hypoperfusion (24 +/- 6% decrease in diameter, p less than 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In the intact, autoregulating coronary circulation, coronary arterioles escape from the effects of adrenergic activation but coronary arteries do not; rather, they can exhibit alpha 1-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction. During coronary hypoperfusion, when autoregulatory adjustments are blunted, coronary arterioles are sensitive to both alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic agonists, demonstrating significant constrictor responses. Also, the magnitude of coronary alpha 2-adrenergic arteriolar constriction (24% decrease in diameter) is significantly greater than that of alpha 2-adrenergic constriction (11% decrease in diameter) (p less than 0.05). Thus, alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic activation produce different constrictor effects in the coronary microcirculation under baseline conditions when autoregulatory adjustments are intact and during coronary hypoperfusion when autoregulation is blunted. The data suggest that alpha 2-adrenergic receptors are preferentially distributed in arterioles, whereas alpha 1-adrenergic receptors are located throughout the coronary microcirculation. Importantly, the data also suggest that intrinsic autoregulatory adjustments in tone (i.e., autoregulatory escape) can override either alpha 1- or alpha 2-adrenergic constriction in coronary arterioles.
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- W M Chilian
- Department of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University, College Station
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Knight DR, Shen YT, Young MA, Vatner SF. Acetylcholine-induced coronary vasoconstriction and vasodilation in tranquilized baboons. Circ Res 1991; 69:706-13. [PMID: 1873865 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.69.3.706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To determine the effects of acetylcholine on the coronary bed in the baboon and whether the effects preceded or followed the action of acetylcholine on ventricular function, eight adult baboons (Papio anubis) were instrumented to measure left ventricular (LV) and mean arterial pressures, LV dP/dt, regional myocardial function, and coronary blood flow. Acetylcholine was injected locally through a catheter positioned in the coronary artery ostium using fluoroscopic guidance in intact sedated baboons. With heart rate held constant, intracoronary acetylcholine (0.5 micrograms/kg) reduced coronary blood flow by 82 +/- 4% from a baseline value of 34 +/- 4 ml/min without a significant change in mean arterial pressure and with a reduction in LV dP/dt of only 12 +/- 3%. The decrease in coronary blood flow occurred before either LV dP/dt or regional myocardial function fell in the region of the heart receiving acetylcholine. After the intense coronary constriction, a later phase characterized by dilation was observed. The changes in coronary blood flow with acetylcholine were unaffected by combined alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor blockades but were abolished by muscarinic blockade. Low doses of acetylcholine elicited only coronary vasodilation. All doses of acetylcholine, administered directly into the iliac artery, also elicited only iliac vasodilation. Intracoronary acetylcholine in conscious dogs also induced only coronary vasodilation, whereas in conscious calves at higher doses, initial vasoconstrictor responses were observed, which also preceded reductions in regional myocardial function. These results suggest that the controversy surrounding the effects of acetylcholine can be reconciled on the basis of species, vascular bed studied, and dose.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- D R Knight
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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The goal of this study was to determine the alpha-adrenergic receptor subtype(s) responsible for constriction at different microvascular levels in the coronary circulation. To accomplish these goals, the epicardial coronary microcirculation of intact beating hearts was viewed through an intravital microscope using stroboscopic epi-illumination. An initial study was designed to establish sites of alpha-adrenergic constriction to norepinephrine in preparations with intact vasomotor tone. For the primary experimental goal, coronary microvascular responses to selective alpha 1-adrenergic (phenylephrine) or alpha 2-adrenergic (BHT-933) agonists were evaluated, when coronary autoregulatory escape mechanisms were blunted during hypoperfusion. Infusion of norepinephrine decreased diameter of arterial vessels greater than 100 microns in diameter, but downstream coronary arterioles dilated significantly, representing autoregulatory escape from adrenergic vasoconstriction. In studies designed to examine the adrenergic receptor subtype (during hypoperfusion), phenylephrine produced modest constriction of vessels throughout the microcirculation (6-9% decrease in diameter), whereas BHT-933 produced marked constriction of small coronary microvessels, those less than 100 microns in diameter (24% decrease in diameter). From these results we conclude: 1) norepinephrine infusion causes disparate responses in the coronary microvasculature: constriction occurs in vessels greater than 100 microns in diameter, but dilation, via autoregulatory escape, predominates in vessels less than 100 microns in diameter; 2) alpha 1-adrenergic receptors are located in coronary arterioles and arteries; and 3) alpha 2-adrenergic receptors are preferentially located in small coronary arterioles. Thus, alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenergic activation can produce dissimilar constrictor effects in the coronary microcirculation during hypoperfusion.
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- W M Chilian
- Department of Medical Physiology, Microcirculation Research Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station
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Numerous in vitro studies have demonstrated the important role of the vascular endothelium on the vasoactivity of vascular smooth muscle. Experimentation, particularly in conscious animals, is required to study the integrated role of endothelium in the regulation of vascular tone. This article reviews some of the evidence demonstrating endothelium mediated vasodilation and inhibition of vasoconstriction by the endothelium in the chronically instrumented conscious animal. Furthermore, a role for endothelial cells has been shown in the mechanism of blood flow-mediated vasodilation. Finally, the endothelium, through elaboration of constricting factors, e.g., endothelin, can also induce potent vasoconstriction. In the conscious animal endothelin elicits markedly differing degrees of vasoconstriction among the various regional vascular beds.
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- M Bigaud
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Hashimoto K, Ohbayashi Y, Kinoshita M. Left ventricular effects of nicorandil in comparison with nitroglycerin in chronic conscious dogs. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 1990; 4:1449-54. [PMID: 2150492 DOI: 10.1007/bf02026490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Nicorandil is a new coronary vasodilator possessing beneficial properties. However, its detailed cardiovascular effects, especially on left ventricular (LV) preload, have not yet been fully elucidated. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of nicorandil on LV hemodynamics in conscious dogs and to examine the mechanisms of its antiischemic action. Nine mongrel dogs were instrumented for instantaneous and continuous measurements of LV diameters, and aortic and LV pressures. The effects of nicorandil (0.2 mg/kg, intravenously) were compared with those of nitroglycerin (15 micrograms/kg, intravenously) in conscious dogs. Mean aortic pressure decreased similarly with both nicorandil and nitroglycerin (-20.1 +/- 3.1% vs. 21.6 +/- 2.8%, ns). Heart rate was elevated with both drugs. Both nicorandil and nitroglycerin significantly decreased LV systolic pressure to the same extent (-11.3 +/- 0.5% vs. -10.5 +/- 11.6%, ns). LV max dp/dt was not significantly changed by either drug. Although both nicorandil and nitroglycerin significantly increased fractional shortening, nicorandil had a greater effect on fractional shortening than nitroglycerin (20.0 +/- 3.0% vs. 10.2 +/- 2.3%, p less than 0.05). In this study, nicorandil, administered intravenously, had a salutary effect on cardiac function. LV end-diastolic diameter decreased with nicorandil and nitroglycerin (-6.5 +/- 1.5% vs. -12.6 +/- 2.6%, p less than 0.01), respectively. In conclusion, nicorandil decreased LV end-diastolic diameter in conscious dogs, indicating a decrease in venous return and preload of the heart. In addition, nicorandil decreased LV afterload to the same extent as nitroglycerin. The decrease in preload and afterload on the heart is thought to be one of the mechanisms of the antiischemic action of nicorandil.
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- K Hashimoto
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
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Neri Serneri GG, Gensini GF, Abbate R, Castellani S, Bonechi F, Dagianti A, Arata L, Fedele F, Iacoboni C, Prisco D. Physiologic role of coronary PGI2 and PGE2 in modulating coronary vascular response to sympathetic stimulation. Am Heart J 1990; 119:848-54. [PMID: 2108576 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(05)80322-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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To investigate a physiologic role of coronary prostacyclin (PGI2) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) 30 patients who were not affected by coronary heart disease were evaluated for coronary hemodynamics and coronary PGI2 and PGE2 production. Inhibition of coronary prostaglandin biosynthesis by ketoprofen (1 mg/kg) or aspirin (15 mg/kg) administered intravenously did not significantly change coronary hemodynamics in resting conditions. In all patients cold pressor tests induced significant increases in coronary blood flow (p less than 0.001) and decreases in coronary vascular resistance (p less than 0.001) without changes in cardiac oxygen extraction and with consequent increases in calculated myocardial oxygen consumption. Simultaneously, a marked increase in coronary PGI2 (as 6-keto-PGF1 alpha) and PGE2 formation was observed (p less than 0.001). Both ketoprofen (1 mg/kg) and aspirin (15 mg/kg) administration completely abolished PGI2 and PGE2 formation that was induced by cold pressor test and caused a paradoxical increase in coronary vascular resistance (ketoprofen: p less than 0.02; aspirin: p less than 0.05). The results of this study support a physiologic role for the coronary prostaglandins in modulating coronary vascular response to sympathetic stimulation in nonischemic patients.
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The effects of a flow-limiting stenosis on external circumflex coronary arterial diameter during treadmill exercise were studied in 10 instrumented dogs. Coronary arterial diameter was measured by sonomicrometry proximal to the stenosis-producing hydraulic occluder so that the effects of a post-stenotic pressure drop were excluded. With no stenosis, heart rate increased (116 +/- 7 to 183 +/- 10 beats/min, p less than 0.001), aortic pressure increased (97 +/- 3 to 105 +/- 5 mm Hg. p less than 0.005), circumflex coronary blood flow increased (48 +/- 8 to 72 +/- 8 ml/min, p less than 0.001), and circumflex coronary diameter increased (3.82 +/- 0.29 to 3.93 +/- 0.27 mm, p less than 0.01). In the presence of a flow-limiting stenosis, heart rate increased (120 +/- 6 to 176 +/- 9 beats/min, p less than 0.001), aortic pressure did not change significantly (95 +/- 4 to 92 +/- 4 mm Hg), circumflex coronary blood flow increased slightly (39 +/- 8 to 46 +/- 9 ml/min, p less than 0.005), and circumflex coronary arterial diameter did not change significantly (3.78 +/- 0.29 to 3.80 +/- 0.28 mm). The stenosis prevented the increase in aortic pressure, blunted the increase in circumflex coronary blood flow (24 +/- 4 versus 7 +/- 2 ml/min, p less than 0.005), and prevented the increase in circumflex coronary arterial diameter. Therefore normal coronary arteries dilated during exercise and a flow-limiting stenosis prevented exercise-induced coronary dilation proximal to the stenosis, possibly due to both the failure of aortic pressure to increase and less flow-induced endothelium-dependent dilation.
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- J S Schwartz
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minn
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Golino P, Buja LM, Yao SK, McNatt J, Willerson JT. Failure of nitroglycerin and diltiazem to reduce platelet-mediated vasoconstriction in dogs with coronary artery stenosis and endothelial injury: further evidence for thromboxane A2 and serotonin as mediators of coronary artery vasoconstriction in vivo. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990; 15:718-26. [PMID: 2105989 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(90)90652-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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This study was designed to test the efficacy of nitroglycerin and diltiazem in inhibiting in vivo platelet aggregation and reducing platelet-mediated vasoconstriction in a canine model of coronary artery stenosis and endothelial injury. Coronary artery diameter was measured in vivo by means of ultrasonic crystals sutured on the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) immediately distal to an external constrictor (LAD1), 1 cm below (LAD2), and on the left circumflex coronary artery. Coronary diameter was continuously measured before, during cyclic flow variations (progressive declines in blood flow followed by sudden restorations of flow due to recurrent intracoronary platelet aggregation), during cyclic flow variations and intravenous infusion of nitroglycerin (5 micrograms/kg per min) or diltiazem (15 micrograms/kg per min), and after cyclic flow variations were abolished by administration of LY53857, a serotonin receptor antagonist (n = 7), or SQ29548, a thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist (n = 7). During control cyclic flow variations, at the nadir of coronary flow (6% to 11% of the nonstenosed values), LAD1 cross-sectional area decreased by 43 +/- 8% and 44 +/- 3% in the two groups of dogs subsequently treated with LY53857 and SQ29548, respectively. Neither nitroglycerin nor diltiazem caused changes in cyclic flow variation frequency or severity. Furthermore, neither drug significantly reduced the vasoconstriction associated with cyclic flow variations, whereas they significantly increased circumflex artery cross-sectional area. In contrast, LY53857 and SQ29548 were very effective in abolishing cyclic flow variations and the coronary vasoconstriction related to them. Five additional dogs received an intracoronary infusion of nitroglycerin (21 +/- 5 micrograms/kg per min) and later diltiazem (15 micrograms/kg per min).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P Golino
- Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division), University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
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Kawamura A, Fujiwara H, Onodera T, Wu DJ, Matsuda M, Ishida M, Takemura G, Fujiwara Y, Kawai C. Response of large and small coronary arteries of pigs to intracoronary injection of acetylcholine: angiographic and histologic analysis. Int J Cardiol 1989; 25:289-302. [PMID: 2613376 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5273(89)90219-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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With coronary arteriography we examined the effect of acetylcholine (ACh) on large and small coronary arteries. ACh (12.5 to 200 micrograms) was injected into the right coronary arteries of 10 pigs during left ventricular pacing. The percentage of narrowing of the epicardial major coronary artery was used as an indicator of the constriction of the large coronary arteries, and the time required for the contrast medium to reach the posterior descending coronary artery from the ostium of the right coronary artery (blood-flow delay) was used as an indicator of the constriction of the same coronary arteries. A small dose of ACh (12.5 to 100 micrograms) induced mild narrowing (14 to 41%) of the epicardial major coronary artery and a marked blood-flow delay of over 7.0 sec (control: less than or equal to 1.8 sec) in all 10 pigs. A large dose of ACh (100 to 200 micrograms) caused over 75% narrowing of the epicardial major coronary artery and a marked blood-flow delay in 4 of the 10 pigs. When the marked blood-flow delay appeared, the perfused right ventricular myocardium became macroscopically anemic (ischemic). The constriction of large and small coronary arteries was not prevented by diphenhydramine (H1 blocker: 100 mg i.v.), but was prevented by pretreatment with atropine (1.0 mg i.v.). The intracoronary injection of histamine (1.5 mg) in 5 pigs constricted the epicardial major coronary artery over 75% in 2 pigs, 50 to 75% in 1 pig, and 25 to 50% in 2 pigs, but there was no evidence of blood-flow delay. Neither methoxamine nor norepinephrine caused any significant coronary artery narrowing. The histology of the large and small coronary arteries was examined quantitatively with an image analyzer. The coronary artery showed no intimal thickening, and the endothelium was intact on light microscopic examination. The % area of the smooth muscle layer (media) to the calculated total vascular area, and the ratio of the calculated medial thickness to the calculated inner radius (h/Ri) were 64 +/- 7% (mean +/- SD) and 0.69 +/- 0.16, respectively, in the small coronary arteries less than 100 microns in external diameter, 47 +/- 9% and 0.39 +/- 0.12 in the small coronary arteries 100 to 2000 microns in external diameter, and 34 +/- 4% and 0.24 +/- 0.03 in the large right coronary arteries over 2000 microns in external diameter; the % area of the media and the h/Ri showed a negative correlation with the size of the coronary arteries.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- A Kawamura
- Department of Internal Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
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The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effects of endothelin, a newly discovered very potent vasoconstrictor secreted by endothelial cells, on the coronary vascular bed. For this purpose, the effects of endothelin injected intracoronarily were tested in open-chest anesthetized dogs with the circumflex coronary artery cannulated and perfused at a constant pressure of 100 mm Hg. Circumflex blood flow, transmural distribution of coronary blood flow (radioactive microspheres), circumflex coronary artery diameter (piezoelectric crystals), and circumflex luminal surface area were measured. Endothelin decreased coronary blood flow by 30% and 61% with doses of 1 and 3 micrograms, respectively. A dose of 10 micrograms was lethal. The decrease of coronary blood flow was larger in the subepicardium than in the subendocardium, which explains that the endocardial-epicardial blood flow ratio increased from 1.27 +/- 0.05 to 1.98 +/- 0.23 (p less than 0.001) with a dose of 3 micrograms endothelin. Circumflex surface area decreased by 7% (p = NS) and 20% (p less than 0.01) with doses of 1 and 3 micrograms endothelin, respectively. The action of endothelin was not modified by the concomitant alpha-adrenergic blockade, serotonergic blockade, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition, or cyclooxygenase inhibition. We conclude that endothelin is a potent coronary vasoconstrictor with a selective effect on the subepicardium. At least part of the increase of coronary vascular resistance is due to a constriction of the large coronary arteries. Further studies are required to determine the physiopathological role of endothelin, especially in coronary vasospasm.
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- J P Clozel
- Pharmaceutical Research Department, F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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