Effect of tyramine on myocardial catecholamine release in coronary heart disease |
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Authors: | Mervyn B. Forman David Robertson Michael Goldberg Donna Bostick Howard Uderman James M. Perry Rose Marie Robertson |
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Affiliation: | From the Divisions of Cardiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
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Abstract: | The influence of tyramine on myocardial catecholamine release and on coronary blood flow has not previously been determined in man. Therefore, the effect of tyramine was measured on coronary and systemic hemodynamics and on norepinephrine (NE) and epinephrine levels in blood from the aorta and coronary sinus in 9 patients with coronary artery disease. Tyramine produced a striking increase in coronary sinus NE, from a baseline of 344 ± 56 to a peak level of 1416 ± 310 pg/ml (p < 0.01) 2 minutes after tyramine. The increase in aortic NE was less striking, from 265 ± 32 to 421 ± 63 pg/ml (difference not significant). Therefore, the net release of NE from the heart was increased by tyramine from 12,007 ± 393 to 139,357 ± 46,156 pg/ ml/min (p < 0.03). There was no release of epinephrine across the coronary bed. There was a variable response of coronary blood flow and resistance after tyramine. Thus, the rich innervation of the heart by sympathetic nerve endings can result in marked NE release into the coronary sinus. |
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Keywords: | Address for reprints: Rose Marie Robertson MD Division of Cardiology Vanderbilt Medical Center North Nashville Tennessee 37232. |
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