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The purpose of this study was to determine whether a relation exists between systolic coronary blood flow and systolic coronary extravascular compressive forces. Studies were performed in seven open-chest dogs in which the left anterior descending coronary artery was cannulated and perfused from the left carotid artery. Pressure within the left ventricular subepicardium, a measure of coronary extravascular compression in the subepicardium, was measured with a 1-mm-diameter catheter-tip micromanometer inserted directly into the myocardium in the region of perfusion. Systolic extravascular compressive forces were augmented by a local intracoronary injection of 1µg isoproterenol. Measurements were made in the presence of coronary vasomotor tone and were repeated following local maximal vasodilatation with adenosine. In the regulated coronary bed, systolic coronary flow decreased (18±4 vs −2±4 ml/min,P<0.01) as intramyocardial pressure increased (127±5 vs 222±12 mmHg,P<0.001). Similarly, in the maximally vasodilated coronary bed, systolic coronary flow decreased (103±16 vs 38±11 ml/min,P<0.001) as intramyocardial pressure increased (112±6 vs 204±16 mmHg,P<0.001). These observations indicate that an augmentation of coronary extravascular compressive forces during systole is accompanied by a diminution of systolic coronary flow irrespective of coronary vasomotor tone.
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Supported, in part, by the American Heart Association of Michigan. Address reprints request to: Paul D. Stein, M.D., Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Sabbah, H.N., Marzilli, M., Liu, Zq. et al. Coronary extravascular compression influences systolic coronary blood flow. Heart Vessels 2, 140–146 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02128139
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