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Myocardial perfusion and ventricular function measurements during total coronary artery occlusion in humans. A comparison with rest and exercise radionuclide studies.

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Borges-Neto, S; Puma, J; Jones, RH; Sketch, MH; Stack, R; Hanson, MW; Coleman, RE
Published in: Circulation
January 1994

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this investigation was to compare the magnitude of change in myocardial perfusion and function during exercise with that obtained during total coronary artery occlusion. Radionuclide studies are widely used for the diagnosis and determination of prognosis in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. These studies are based on the premise that the relative deficit of coronary blood flow, which is induced by exercise and recognized as increased demand, relates to the jeopardy experienced by the decrease or sudden absolute interruption of coronary blood flow that is recognized as decreased supply and is associated with coronary stenosis or total coronary artery occlusion. The magnitude of exercise-induced perfusion and function abnormalities compared with those induced by total coronary artery occlusion in humans has not been previously reported. METHODS AND RESULTS: We prospectively studied 20 patients with > or = 50% diameter stenosis documented by quantitative coronary angiography in at least one vessel. A same-day rest/exercise sestamibi myocardial function and perfusion study was performed within 24 hours before percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. At 1 minute after balloon inflation, while the vessel was occluded, sestamibi was injected, and a myocardial perfusion and function study was performed. Perfusion defect size was greater during occlusion (28 +/- 3%) than during exercise (13 +/- 2%) (P < .01). Ejection fraction was greater during exercise (53 +/- 3%) compared with values measured during occlusion (41 +/- 2%) (P < .01). CONCLUSIONS: Physiological abnormalities induced by coronary occlusion are greater than those that occur during exercise, thereby indicating that stress-induced ischemia may not reflect the total potential myocardium in jeopardy from a stenotic lesion, if sudden occlusion occurs.

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Published In

Circulation

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ISSN

0009-7322

Publication Date

January 1994

Volume

89

Issue

1

Start / End Page

278 / 284

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Rest
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Female
 

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Borges-Neto, S., Puma, J., Jones, R. H., Sketch, M. H., Stack, R., Hanson, M. W., & Coleman, R. E. (1994). Myocardial perfusion and ventricular function measurements during total coronary artery occlusion in humans. A comparison with rest and exercise radionuclide studies. Circulation, 89(1), 278–284. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.89.1.278
Borges-Neto, S., J. Puma, R. H. Jones, M. H. Sketch, R. Stack, M. W. Hanson, and R. E. Coleman. “Myocardial perfusion and ventricular function measurements during total coronary artery occlusion in humans. A comparison with rest and exercise radionuclide studies.Circulation 89, no. 1 (January 1994): 278–84. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.89.1.278.
Borges-Neto, S., et al. “Myocardial perfusion and ventricular function measurements during total coronary artery occlusion in humans. A comparison with rest and exercise radionuclide studies.Circulation, vol. 89, no. 1, Jan. 1994, pp. 278–84. Pubmed, doi:10.1161/01.cir.89.1.278.
Borges-Neto S, Puma J, Jones RH, Sketch MH, Stack R, Hanson MW, Coleman RE. Myocardial perfusion and ventricular function measurements during total coronary artery occlusion in humans. A comparison with rest and exercise radionuclide studies. Circulation. 1994 Jan;89(1):278–284.

Published In

Circulation

DOI

ISSN

0009-7322

Publication Date

January 1994

Volume

89

Issue

1

Start / End Page

278 / 284

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Ventricular Function, Left
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
  • Rest
  • Prospective Studies
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Heart
  • Female