Coronary hemodynamics and subendocardial perfusion distal to stenoses |
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Authors: | D C Warltier J D Buck H L Brooks G J Gross |
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Institution: | Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | We compared distal coronary hemodynamics and regional myocardial perfusion in anesthetized dogs in the presence of a single or two coronary artery stenoses in series. After application of either a single or two stenoses on the left anterior descending coronary artery, regional myocardial blood flow was measured with radioactive microspheres. Moderate degrees of single-vessel stenosis (no change in resting coronary blood flow but reduction in reactive hyperemic response of 70%) resulted in no significant change in regional myocardial perfusion at rest despite a pressure drop across the stenosis of 24 +/- 3 mm Hg. When two such stenoses were applied in series, there was a 91% decrease in reactive hyperemia, a significant reduction in resting diastolic coronary blood flow and a 51 +/- 7 mm Hg pressure drop across the two stenoses. Alone, each stenosis produced no change in regional myocardial perfusion; however, together the two stenoses resulted in a significant decrease in subendocardial blood flow and a redistribution of transmural perfusion within the ischemic zone favoring the subepicardium (endo/epi from 0.95 +/- 0.03 to 0.72 +/- 0.03). The results indicate that whereas resting subendocardial perfusion is not significantly affected by moderate degrees of a single coronary artery stenosis, multiple stenoses of the same severity may dramatically reduce subendocardial perfusion. |
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Keywords: | Correspondence and reprint requests to: David C Warltier M D Ph D Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Medical College of Wisconsin P O Box 26509 Milwaukee WI 53226 U S A |
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