Regional Myocardial Blood Flow during Graded Treadmill Exercise following Circumflex Coronary Artery Occlusion in the Dog

We evaluated the functional capacity of the intercoronary collateral vasculature in response to graded exercise 2 weeks after acute circumflex coronary artery occlusion. Acute myocardial infarction was produced in 11 chronically instrumented awake dogs by abrupt occlusion of the left circumflex coro...

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Published in:Circulation research 1980-07, Vol.47 (1), p.59-68
Main Authors: HESS, DAVID S, BACHE, ROBERT J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arterial Occlusive Diseases - physiopathology
Blood Pressure
Coronary Circulation
Coronary Vessels - physiopathology
Dogs
Exercise Test
Heart Rate
Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology
Papillary Muscles
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Summary:We evaluated the functional capacity of the intercoronary collateral vasculature in response to graded exercise 2 weeks after acute circumflex coronary artery occlusion. Acute myocardial infarction was produced in 11 chronically instrumented awake dogs by abrupt occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery. Two weeks later regional myocardial blood flow was measured at rest and during three levels of graded treadmill exercise by injection of radionuclide-labeled microspheres, 7-10 jim in diameter, into the left atrium. The region of collateral-dependent myocardium was determined by injection of Evans blue dye into the coronary artery distal to the occluder, and the extent of infarction by histological examination. At rest, blood flow to collateral-dependent regions was directly proportional to the amount of viable myocardium present. In regions containing 75% infarcted myocardium, blood flow did not increase significantly during exercise, and in over one-half flow, during exercise, actually fell below the resting level. In areas containing 26-75% infarcted myocardium, blood flow demonstrated an intermediate ability to increase in response to exercise. Thus, the capacity of the coronary collateral circulation to deliver blood to its dependent myocardium was compromised progressively in proportion to the degree of infarcted myocardium. Collateral-dependent areas containing relatively small propor-tions of infarcted myocardium had normal blood flow response to exercise, whereas regions containing extensive infarction had little or no functional reserve so that increasing hypoperfusion commonly occurred during exercise. Circ Res 4759-68, 1980
ISSN:0009-7330
1524-4571
DOI:10.1161/01.RES.47.1.59