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Circulation, Vol 87, 1513-1523, Copyright © 1993 by American Heart Association


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Mechanisms of chronic regional postischemic dysfunction in humans. New insights from the study of noninfarcted collateral-dependent myocardium

JL Vanoverschelde, W Wijns, C Depre, B Essamri, GR Heyndrickx, M Borgers, A Bol and JA Melin
Division of Cardiology, University of Louvain Medical School, Brussels, Belgium.

BACKGROUND. Even in the absence of a previous myocardial infarction, patients with coronary artery disease often present with chronic regional wall motion abnormalities that are reversible spontaneously or after coronary revascularization. In these patients, regional dysfunction has been proposed to result either from prolonged postischemic dysfunction (myocardial "stunning") or from adaptation to chronic hypoperfusion (myocardial "hibernation"). This study examines which of these two mechanisms is responsible for the chronic regional dysfunction often detected in patients with angina and noninfarcted collateral-dependent myocardium. METHODS AND RESULTS. Twenty-six anginal patients (19 men; mean age, 60 +/- 9 years old) with chronic occlusion of a major coronary artery but without previous infarction were studied. Positron emission tomography was performed to measure absolute regional myocardial blood flow with 13N-ammonia at rest (n = 26) and after intravenous dipyridamole (n = 11). The kinetics of 18F- deoxyglucose and 11C-acetate were measured to calculate the rate of exogenous glucose uptake and the regional oxidative metabolism (n = 15). Global and regional left ventricular function was evaluated by contrast ventriculography at baseline (n = 26) and after revascularization (n = 12). Transmural myocardial biopsies from the collateral-dependent area were obtained in seven patients during bypass surgery and analyzed by optical and electron microscopy. According to resting regional wall motion, patients were separated into groups with and without dysfunction of the collateral-dependent segments. In patients with normal wall motion (n = 9), regional myocardial blood flow, oxidative metabolism, and glucose uptake were similar among collateral-dependent and remote segments. By contrast, in patients with regional dysfunction (n = 17), collateral-dependent segments had lower myocardial blood flow (77 +/- 25 versus 95 +/- 27 mL.min-1.100 g-1, p < 0.001), smaller k values (slope of 11C clearance reflecting oxidative metabolism, 0.049 +/- 0.015 versus 0.068 +/- 0.020 min-1, p < 0.001) and higher glucose uptake (relative 18F-deoxyglucose-to-flow ratio of 1.9 +/- 1.6 versus 1.2 +/- 0.2, p < 0.05) compared with remote segments. However, myocardial blood flow and k values were similar among collateral-dependent segments of patients with and without segmental dysfunction. After intravenous dipyridamole, collateral- dependent myocardial blood flow increased from 78 +/- 5 to 238 +/- 54 mL.min-1.100 g-1 in three patients with normal wall motion and from 88 +/- 17 to only 112 +/- 44 mL.min-1.100 g-1 in eight patients with regional dysfunction. There was a significant (r = -0.85, p < 0.001) inverse correlation between wall motion abnormality and collateral flow reserve. Analysis of the tissue samples obtained at the time of bypass surgery showed profound structural changes in dysfunctioning collateral- dependent areas, including cellular swelling, loss of myofibrillar content, and accumulation of glycogen. Despite these alterations, the regional wall motion score improved significantly in the patients studied before and after revascularization (from 3.8 +/- 1.3 to 0.8 +/- 0.9, p < 0.005). CONCLUSIONS. In a subgroup of patients with noninfarcted collateral-dependent myocardium, immature or insufficiently developed collaterals do not provide adequate flow reserve. Despite nearly normal resting flow and oxygen consumption, these collateral-dependent segments exhibit chronically depressed wall motion and demonstrate marked ultrastructural alterations on morphological analysis. We propose that these alterations result from repeated episodes of ischemia as opposed to chronic hypoperfusion and represent the flow, metabolic, and morphological correlates of myocardial "hibernation."


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H. Wiggers, M. Noreng, P. K. Paulsen, M. Bottcher, H. Egeblad, T. T. Nielsen, and H. E. Botker
Energy stores and metabolites in chronic reversibly and irreversibly dysfunctional myocardium in humans
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., January 1, 2001; 37(1): 100 - 108.
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G. S. Werner, B. M. Richartz, O. Gastmann, M. Ferrari, and H. R. Figulla
Immediate Changes of Collateral Function After Successful Recanalization of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions
Circulation, December 12, 2000; 102(24): 2959 - 2965.
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A. Tawakol, H. A. Skopicki, S. A. Abraham, N. M. Alpert, A. J. Fischman, M. H. Picard, and H. Gewirtz
Evidence of reduced resting blood flow in viable myocardial regions with chronic asynergy
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., December 1, 2000; 36(7): 2146 - 2153.
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R Schulz and G Heusch
Hibernating myocardium
Heart, December 1, 2000; 84(6): 587 - 594.
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J.-P. Bin, R. A. Pelberg, K. Wei, M. Coggins, N. C. Goodman, and S. Kaul
Relation between regional function and coronary blood flow reserve in multivessel coronary artery stenosis
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, December 1, 2000; 279(6): H3058 - H3064.
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J. Narula, M. S. Dawson, B. K. Singh, A. Amanullah, E. R. Acio, F. A. Chaudhry, R. B. Arani, and A. E. Iskandrian
Noninvasive characterization of stunned, hibernating, remodeled and nonviable myocardium in ischemic cardiomyopathy
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., November 15, 2000; 36(6): 1913 - 1919.
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N. H.J. Pijls, B. De Bruyne, G. J. W. Bech, F. Liistro, G. R. Heyndrickx, H. J.R.M. Bonnier, and J. J. Koolen
Coronary Pressure Measurement to Assess the Hemodynamic Significance of Serial Stenoses Within One Coronary Artery : Validation in Humans
Circulation, November 7, 2000; 102(19): 2371 - 2377.
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M. Simons, R. O. Bonow, N. A. Chronos, D. J. Cohen, F. J. Giordano, H. K. Hammond, R. J. Laham, W. Li, M. Pike, F. W. Sellke, et al.
Clinical Trials in Coronary Angiogenesis: Issues, Problems, Consensus : An Expert Panel Summary
Circulation, September 12, 2000; 102 (11): e73 - e86.
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J. A. Fallavollita, C. Trojan, and J. M. Canty Jr.
Transmural distribution of FDG uptake in stunned myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, July 1, 2000; 279(1): H102 - H109.
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S. Borges-Neto, A. Javaid, L. K. Shaw, D. F. Kong, M. W. Hanson, R. A. Pagnanelli, G. Ravizzini, and R. E. Coleman
Poststress Measurements of Left Ventricular Function with Gated Perfusion SPECT: Comparison with Resting Measurements by Using a Same-Day Perfusion-Function Protocol
Radiology, May 1, 2000; 215(2): 529 - 533.
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B. De Bruyne, N. H. J. Pijls, G. R. Heyndrickx, D. Hodeige, R. Kirkeeide, and K. L. Gould
Pressure-Derived Fractional Flow Reserve to Assess Serial Epicardial Stenoses : Theoretical Basis and Animal Validation
Circulation, April 18, 2000; 101(15): 1840 - 1847.
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D Pagano, J N Townend, D V Parums, R S Bonser, and P G Camici
Hibernating myocardium: morphological correlates of inotropic stimulation and glucose uptake
Heart, April 1, 2000; 83(4): 456 - 461.
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E Barnes, C S R Baker, D P Dutka, O Rimoldi, C A Rinaldi, P Nihoyannopoulos, P G Camici, and R J C Hall
Prolonged left ventricular dysfunction occurs in patients with coronary artery disease after both dobutamine and exercise induced myocardial ischaemia
Heart, March 1, 2000; 83(3): 283 - 289.
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P. H. McNulty, D. Jagasia, G. W. Cline, C. K. Ng, J. M. Whiting, P. Garg, G. I. Shulman, and R. Soufer
Persistent Changes in Myocardial Glucose Metabolism In Vivo During Reperfusion of a Limited-Duration Coronary Occlusion
Circulation, February 29, 2000; 101(8): 917 - 922.
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D. D’Arcangelo, F. Facchiano, L. M. Barlucchi, G. Melillo, B. Illi, L. Testolin, C. Gaetano, and M. C. Capogrossi
Acidosis Inhibits Endothelial Cell Apoptosis and Function and Induces Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression
Circ. Res., February 18, 2000; 86(3): 312 - 318.
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J. D. Symons, S. V. Rendig, C. L. Stebbins, and J. C. Longhurst
Microvascular and myocardial contractile responses to ischemia: influence of exercise training
J Appl Physiol, February 1, 2000; 88(2): 433 - 442.
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A. F. M. van den Heuvel, D. J. van Veldhuisen, E. E. van der Wall, P. K. Blanksma, H.-M. J. Siebelink, W. M. Vaalburg, W. H. van Gilst, and H. J. G. M. Crijns
Regional myocardial blood flow reserve impairment and metabolic changes suggesting myocardial ischemia in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., January 1, 2000; 35(1): 19 - 28.
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C. Seiler, M. Fleisch, M. Billinger, and B. Meier
Simultaneous intracoronary velocity- and pressure-derived assessment of adenosine-induced collateral hemodynamics in patients with one- to two-vessel coronary artery disease
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., December 1, 1999; 34(7): 1985 - 1994.
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B. Shivalkar, W. Flameng, M. Szilard, S. Pislaru, M. Borgers, and J. Vanhaecke
Repeated stunning precedes myocardial hibernation in progressive multiple coronary artery obstruction
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., December 1, 1999; 34(7): 2126 - 2136.
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R Senior and A Lahiri
Dobutamine echocardiography predicts functional outcome after revascularisation in patients with dysfunctional myocardium irrespective of the perfusion pattern on resting thallium-201 imaging
Heart, December 1, 1999; 82(6): 668 - 673.
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J. A. Fallavollita, S. Jacob, R. F. Young, and J. M. Canty Jr.
Regional alterations in SR Ca2+-ATPase, phospholamban, and HSP-70 expression in chronic hibernating myocardium
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, October 1, 1999; 277(4): H1418 - H1428.
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G. D. Dispersyn, J. Ausma, F. Thone, W. Flameng, J.-L. J. Vanoverschelde, M. A. Allessie, F. C.S. Ramaekers, and M. Borgers
Cardiomyocyte remodelling during myocardial hibernation and atrial fibrillation: prelude to apoptosis
Cardiovasc Res, September 1, 1999; 43(4): 947 - 957.
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S. F. Nagueh, I. Mikati, D. Weilbaecher, M. J. Reardon, G. J. Al-Zaghrini, D. Cacela, Z.-X. He, G. Letsou, G. Noon, J. F. Howell, et al.
Relation of the Contractile Reserve of Hibernating Myocardium to Myocardial Structure in Humans
Circulation, August 3, 1999; 100(5): 490 - 496.
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F Fath-Ordoubadi, K J Beatt, N Spyrou, and P G Camici
Efficacy of coronary angioplasty for the treatment of hibernating myocardium
Heart, August 1, 1999; 82(2): 210 - 216.
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J. M. Canty Jr. and J. A. Fallavollita
Resting myocardial flow in hibernating myocardium: validating animal models of human pathophysiology
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, July 1, 1999; 277(1): H417 - H422.
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The CHRISTMAS Study Steering Committee and Investi, J. G.F. Cleland, D. Pennel, S. Ray, G. Murray, P. MacFarlane, A. Cowley, A. Coats, and A. Lahiri
The Carvedilol Hibernation Reversible Ischaemia Trial; Marker of Success (CHRISTMAS)
Eur J Heart Fail, June 1, 1999; 1(2): 191 - 196.
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J. A. Fallavollita and J. M. Canty Jr
Differential 18F-2-Deoxyglucose Uptake in Viable Dysfunctional Myocardium With Normal Resting Perfusion : Evidence for Chronic Stunning in Pigs
Circulation, June 1, 1999; 99(21): 2798 - 2805.
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G. Holmvang, S. Fry, H. A. Skopicki, S. A. Abraham, N. M. Alpert, A. J. Fischman, M. H. Picard, and H. Gewirtz
Relation Between Coronary "Steal" and Contractile Function at Rest in Collateral-Dependent Myocardium of Humans With Ischemic Heart Disease
Circulation, May 18, 1999; 99(19): 2510 - 2516.
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H. Schoder, R. Campisi, T. Ohtake, C. K. Hoh, D. H. Moon, J. Czernin, and H. R. Schelbert
Blood flow-metabolism imaging with positron emission tomography in patients with diabetes mellitus for the assessment of reversible left ventricular contractile dysfunction
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., April 1, 1999; 33(5): 1328 - 1337.
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