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Singh S, Al-Imam A, Tirpude AP, Chaudhary N, Al-Alwany A, Konuri V. Past Myocardial Infarctions and Gender Predict the LVEF Regardless of the Status of Coronary Collaterals: An AI-Informed Research. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2023.10094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND: The degree of the development of coronary collaterals is long considered an alternate – that is, a collateral – source of blood supply to an area of the myocardium threatened with vascular ischemia or insufficiency. Hence, the coronary collaterals are beneficial but can also promote harmful (adverse) effects. For instance, the coronary steal effect during the myocardial hyperemia phase and that of restenosis following coronary angioplasty.
OBJECTIVES: Our study explores the contribution of coronary collaterals – if any exist – while considering other potential predictors, including demographics and medical history, toward the left ventricular (LV) dysfunction measured through the LV ejection fraction (LVEF).
METHODS: Our cross-sectional design study used convenience sampling of 100 patients (n = 100; a male-to-female ratio of 4:1). We conducted frequentist inference statistics using IBM-SPSS version 24 and Microsoft Office Excel 2016 with the analysis ToolPak plugin; we ran parallel neural networks (supervised machine learning (ML)) and a two-step clustering (non-supervised ML) for robust conjoint inference with frequentist statistics.
RESULTS: The past incidents of myocardial infarction (p = 0.036) and gender (p = 0.072) influenced the LVEF; both are significant predictors at a 90% confidence interval. We found that gender and past incidents of MI influenced the LVEF regardless of the status of coronary collaterals. Our study did not yield any positive or significant findings concerning the status of coronary collaterals or the coronary circulation dominance patterns.
CONCLUSION: Regardless of the status of coronary collaterals, we verified that the female gender is protective of the LV function, contrary to the past infarction incidents that predispose to a deteriorated LV function. Our study’s innovation relates to its status as the first study from India to explore the coronary collaterals and the ejection fraction while incorporating frequentist statistics and narrow artificial intelligence to infer reliable results.
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Vural A, Kurt D, Karagöz A, Emecen Ö, Aydin E. The Relationship Between Coronary Collateral Circulation and Serum Adropin Levels. Cureus 2023; 15:e35166. [PMID: 36949994 PMCID: PMC10028480 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.35166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/21/2023] Open
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Objective Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) are vascular structures that limit the infarct area, protect left ventricular function, and reduce the frequency of arrhythmia and mortality during myocardial ischemia and infarction. In this study, we examined the relationship between the development of CCC and serum adropin levels, which has been shown in previous studies to regulate endothelial functions and increase endothelial nitric oxide synthesis, in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Methods This study included 41 patients with insufficient CCC and 43 patients with well-developed CCC who were hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction and underwent coronary angiography. The Cohen-Rentrop classification was used to grade the CCC. The patients were divided into two groups according to Rentrop grades: those with a 0-1 stage were considered as insufficient and those with grades of 2-3 were considered as well-developed CCC. We took blood samples to measure the adropin levels within the first 24 hours of hospitalization. Results The mean age was 59.1±11.9 years and 62 (73.8%) were male. The right coronary artery was the most frequently target vessel (n: 51, 60.7%), and the majority of the patients presented with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (n:58, 69%). The median interval between the severe chest pain and the intervention was significantly higher in patients with well-developed CCC (p=0.042). The serum adropin levels in patients with insufficient CCC were significantly lower than in those with well-developed CCC (196.3 [131.5 - 837.0] pg/mL vs. 235.5 [171.9 - 1124.2] pg/mL, p<0.001). Logistic regression analysis revealed that the circumflex artery as the target vessel, NSTEMI (non-STEMI) as the type of myocardial infarction, and serum adropin level were the independent risk factors for the prediction of poor coronary collateral vessel formation (p<0.05). Conclusions In this study, we found that in patients with acute myocardial infarction, those with well-developed CCC had higher adropin levels.
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- Asli Vural
- Department of Cardiology, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, Giresun, TUR
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- Department of Cardiology, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, Giresun, TUR
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- Department of Cardiology, Samsun University Faculty of Medicine, Samsun, TUR
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- Department of Biochemistry, Giresun University Faculty of Medicine, Giresun, TUR
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- Department of Cardiology, Giresun University, Faculty of Medicine, Giresun, TUR
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Akkaya H, Güntürk EE, Akkaya F, Karabıyık U, Güntürk İ, Yılmaz S. Avaliação da Relação entre Níveis de Adropina e Circulação Colateral Coronária em Pacientes com Síndrome Coronariana Crônica. Arq Bras Cardiol 2022; 119:402-410. [PMID: 35766616 PMCID: PMC9438532 DOI: 10.36660/abc.20210573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Liu T, Wang X, Fan J, Guo R, Hao W, Gong W, Fan Z, Nie S. Effect of obstructive sleep apnoea on coronary collateral vessel development in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Respirology 2022; 27:653-660. [PMID: 35509226 DOI: 10.1111/resp.14277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The impact of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in the setting of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is complex and divergent. This study aimed to investigate the association between OSA and coronary collateral vessel (CCV) development in patients with STEMI. METHODS The present study prospectively screened 282 STEMI patients with an overnight sleep study. OSA was defined as apnoea-hypopnoea index (AHI) ≥15 events/h. The coronary angiograms were used for the assessment of Rentrop grades representing CCVs. RESULTS Among 119 patients enrolled, 60 patients had OSA (50.4%). The prevalence of CCV development (Rentrop grade ≥ 2) was significantly higher in OSA group than in the non-OSA group (43.3% vs. 5.1%, p < 0.001). There was a parallel increase in the Rentrop grades associated with OSA severity and worsening of hypoxaemia indicators (minimum arterial oxygen saturation [SaO2 ], mean SaO2 and time with SaO2 below 90%). After adjustment for clinical and angiographic characteristics, and pre-procedure medications that might interact with OSA, AHI as a continuous variable (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.08-1.21, p < 0.001) and the presence of OSA (OR 11.41, 95% CI 2.70-48.15, p = 0.001) were both associated with dramatically higher incidence of CCV development. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrated that the presence of OSA might augment CCV development in STEMI patients. The potential protective effects and mechanisms of OSA in the acute setting of STEMI should be further investigated in larger studies.
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- Tao Liu
- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, Civil Aviation General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Civil Aviation General Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Center for Coronary Artery Disease, Division of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Tracy E, Rowe G, LeBlanc AJ. Cardiac tissue remodeling in healthy aging: the road to pathology. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2020; 319:C166-C182. [PMID: 32432929 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00021.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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This review aims to highlight the normal physiological remodeling that occurs in healthy aging hearts, including changes that occur in contractility, conduction, valve function, large and small coronary vessels, and the extracellular matrix. These "normal" age-related changes serve as the foundation that supports decreased plasticity and limited ability for tissue remodeling during pathophysiological states such as myocardial ischemia and heart failure. This review will identify populations at greater risk for poor tissue remodeling in advanced age along with present and future therapeutic strategies that may ameliorate dysfunctional tissue remodeling in aging hearts.
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- Evan Tracy
- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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- Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
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Kosekli MA. Comments: “Association between Hemogram Parameters and Coronary Collateral Development in Subjects with Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction”. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2020; 66:559. [DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.66.4.559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cui K, Lyu S, Song X, Yuan F, Xu F, Zhang M, Zhang M, Wang W, Zhang D, Tian J. Effect of Coronary Collaterals on Prognosis in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Meta-Analysis. Angiology 2018; 69:803-811. [PMID: 29656656 DOI: 10.1177/0003319718768399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The impact of coronary collaterals on the prognosis in patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the era of coronary revascularization remains controversial. The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effect of coronary collateral on clinical outcomes, especially mortality (≥6 months), in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for STEMI. Eligible observational studies were selected by searching PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library up to August 9, 2017. Overall, 14 observational studies involving 10 411 patients were included. Coronary collaterals were found to reduce the risk of long-term mortality (≥6 months; risk ratio [RR]: 0.65, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.55-0.76) as well as in-hospital plus 30-day mortality (RR: 0.61, 95% CI: 0.47-0.78) in patients undergoing PCI for STEMI. In addition, pooling the risk-adjusted or propensity-matched data showed a significant reduction in long-term mortality (RR: 0.68, 95% CI: 0.49-0.95) and in-hospital plus 30-day mortality (RR: 0.27, 95% CI: 0.13-0.55) in patients with collateral circulation. However, no significant difference was found in the risk of recurrent myocardial infarction and target vessel revascularization between the 2 groups. Therefore, it was found that coronary collaterals have a beneficial effect on long-term survival (≥6 months) as well as in-hospital plus 30-day survival in patients undergoing primary PCI for STEMI.
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- Kongyong Cui
- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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- 1 Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University and Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
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Elias J, Hoebers LP, van Dongen IM, Claessen BE, Henriques JP. Impact of Collateral Circulation on Survival in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With a Concomitant Chronic Total Occlusion. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2017; 10:906-914. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 12/24/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Hara M, Sakata Y, Nakatani D, Suna S, Nishino M, Sato H, Kitamura T, Nanto S, Hori M, Komuro I. Impact of coronary collaterals on in-hospital and 5-year mortality after ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the contemporary percutaneous coronary intervention era: a prospective observational study. BMJ Open 2016; 6:e011105. [PMID: 27412101 PMCID: PMC4947770 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the short-term and long-term prognostic impacts of acute phase coronary collaterals to occluded infarct-related arteries (IRA) after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) era. DESIGN A prospective observational study. SETTING Osaka Acute Coronary Insufficiency Study (OACIS) in Japan. PARTICIPANTS 3340 patients with STEMI from the OACIS database who were admitted to hospitals within 24 hours from the onset and who had a completely occluded IRA. INTERVENTIONS Patients were divided into 4 groups according to the Rentrop collateral score (RCS) by angiography on admission (RCS-0, no visible collaterals; RCS-1, collaterals without IRA filling; RCS-2, collaterals with partial IRA filling; and RCS-3, collaterals with complete IRA filling). PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURES In-hospital and 5-year mortality. RESULTS Patients with RCS-0/3 were older than patients with RCS-1/2, and the prevalence of previous myocardial infarction was highest in patients with RCS-3. Median peak creatinine phosphokinase levels decreased as RCS increases (p<0.001), suggesting the acute cardioprotective effects of collaterals. Although RCS-1 and RCS-2 collaterals were associated with better in-hospital mortality (adjusted OR 0.48, p=0.046 and 0.38, p=0.010 for RCS-1 and RCS-2, respectively) and 5-year mortality (adjusted HR 0.53, p=0.004 and 0.46, p<0.001 for RCS-1 and RCS-2, respectively) as compared with R-0, presence of RCS-3 collaterals was not associated with improved in-hospital (adjusted OR 1.35, p=0.331) and 5-year mortality (adjusted HR 0.98, p=0.920), possibly because worse clinical profiles in patients with RCS-3 may mask mortality benefit of coronary collaterals. CONCLUSIONS Presence of acute phase coronary collaterals such as RCS-1 and RCS-2 were associated with better in-hospital and 5-year mortality after STEMI in the contemporary PCI era.
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- Masahiko Hara
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
- Department of Medical Innovation, Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Sakai, Japan
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- School of Human Welfare Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan
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- Osaka Prefectural Hospital Organization Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Emerging importance of chemokine receptor CXCR3 and its ligands in cardiovascular diseases. Clin Sci (Lond) 2016; 130:463-78. [DOI: 10.1042/cs20150666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The CXC chemokines, CXCL4, -9, -10, -11, CXCL4L1, and the CC chemokine CCL21, activate CXC chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3), a cell-surface G protein-coupled receptor expressed mainly by Th1 cells, cytotoxic T (Tc) cells and NK cells that have a key role in immunity and inflammation. However, CXCR3 is also expressed by vascular smooth muscle and endothelial cells, and appears to be important in controlling physiological vascular function. In the last decade, evidence from pre-clinical and clinical studies has revealed the participation of CXCR3 and its ligands in multiple cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) of different aetiologies including atherosclerosis, hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure, as well as in heart transplant rejection and transplant coronary artery disease (CAD). CXCR3 ligands have also proven to be valid biomarkers for the development of heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction, suggesting an underlining pathophysiological relation between levels of these chemokines and the development of adverse cardiac remodelling. The observation that several of the above-mentioned chemokines exert biological actions independent of CXCR3 provides both opportunities and challenges for developing effective drug strategies. In this review, we provide evidence to support our contention that CXCR3 and its ligands actively participate in the development and progression of CVDs, and may additionally have utility as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers.
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Impact of Coronary Collateral Circulation on In-Hospital Death in Patients with Inferior ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Cardiol Res Pract 2015; 2015:242686. [PMID: 26689135 PMCID: PMC4673345 DOI: 10.1155/2015/242686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Objectives. Coronary collateral circulation (CCC) may limit the size of right ventricular (RV) infarcts but does not fully explain the relationship between CCC and clinical adverse events in patients with inferior STEMI. In this study, it was aimed to assess the relationship between preintervention angiographic evidence of CCC and clinical outcomes in patients with inferior STEMI who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention. Methods. A total of 235 inferior STEMI patients who presented within the first 12 hours from the symptom onset were included. CCC to the right coronary artery (RCA) before angioplasty were angiographically assessed, establishing two groups: 147 (63%) patients without CCC and 88 (37%) with CCC according to presence of CCC. Results. RV infarction, complete atrioventricular block, VT/VF, cardiogenic shock, and in-hospital death were noted less frequently in patients with CCC than in those without CCC. Absence of CCC to RCA was found to be the independent predictor for in-hospital death among them (odds ratio 4.0, 95% CI 1.8-12.6; p = 0.03). Conclusion. Presence of angiographically detectable CCC was associated with better in-hospital outcomes including RV infarction, complete AV block, cardiogenic shock, and VT/VF in patients with inferior STEMI.
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Sen F, Yilmaz S, Sen Ö, Balc KG, Duman İ, Topaloglu S, Temizhan A, Aras D. Epicardial adipose tissue is related to coronary collateral vessel formation in patients with acute coronary syndrome. SCAND CARDIOVASC J 2015; 49:130-5. [PMID: 25752649 DOI: 10.3109/14017431.2015.1023345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) is the ectopic fat surrounding the heart, and it may contribute to coronary collateral vessel (CCV) formation. We aimed to evaluate the association of EAT with the presence of CCV in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS). DESIGN A total of 230 patients with ACS were included. The CCVs were graded according to the Rentrop scoring system, and a Rentrop grade 0-1 was accepted as low-grade CCV group, Rentrop grade 2-3 was accepted as high-grade CCV group. RESULTS According to angiography, 70 (30%) patients constituted the high-grade CCV group and 160 (70%) constituted the low-grade CCV group. The high-grade CCV group had thicker EAT than the low-grade CCV group (6.1 ± 1.4 vs. 5.3 ± 1.4 mm; p = 0.001). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that presence of CCV was independently associated with EAT thickness, ejection fraction, presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, and presence of angina on admission. EAT thickness of > 5.7 mm can independently predict high-grade CCV with 73% sensitivity and 69% specificity (area under the curve or AUC: 0.65; 95% confidence interval or CI: 0.57-0.72). CONCLUSIONS EAT thickness on admission was associated with the presence of CCVs in patients with ACS.
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- Fatih Sen
- Cardiology clinic, Turkey Yuksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital , Sihhiye, Ankara , Turkey
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Emanueli C, Meloni M, Hasan W, Habecker BA. The biology of neurotrophins: cardiovascular function. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2014; 220:309-28. [PMID: 24668478 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This chapter addresses the role of neurotrophins in the development of the heart, blood vessels, and neural circuits that control cardiovascular function, as well as the role of neurotrophins in the mature cardiovascular system. The cardiovascular system includes the heart and vasculature whose functions are tightly controlled by the nervous system. Neurons, cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells, and pericytes are all targets for neurotrophin action during development. Neurotrophin expression continues throughout life, and several common pathologies that impact cardiovascular function involve changes in the expression or activity of neurotrophins. These include atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes, acute myocardial infarction, and heart failure. In many of these conditions, altered expression of neurotrophins and/or neurotrophin receptors has direct effects on vascular endothelial and smooth muscle cells in addition to effects on nerves that modulate vascular resistance and cardiac function. This chapter summarizes the effects of neurotrophins in cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology.
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- Costanza Emanueli
- Regenerative Medicine Section, School of Clinical Sciences, Bristol Heart Institute, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK,
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Choi JH, Kim EK, Kim SM, Song YB, Hahn JY, Choi SH, Gwon HC, Lee SH, Choe YH, Oh JK. Noninvasive evaluation of coronary collateral arterial flow by coronary computed tomographic angiography. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2014; 7:482-90. [PMID: 24700691 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.113.001637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Coronary collateral flow is an alternative source of myocardial perfusion in patients with totally occluded coronary arteries. Clinical evaluation of collateral flow has been limited by the need of invasive measurements. We investigated whether noninvasive coronary computed tomographic angiography can evaluate the angiographic extent of coronary collateral flow. METHODS AND RESULTS We enrolled 325 coronary computed tomographic angiography cases with angiographically confirmed chronic total occlusion (median age, 63 years; men 83%). Transluminal attenuation gradient (TAG), which reflects the kinetics of contrast media in coronary artery, of an entire artery as well as of a distal vessel was assessed to evaluate the flow in entire vessel and distal vessel. TAGs were validated against visually assessed angiographic collateral connection and Rentrop grading. TAG of an entire artery increased consistently according to the angiographic extent of collateral flow (P<0.001). Well-developed collaterals, defined by highest collateral connection and Rentrop grades (n=103), could be predicted by TAG of an entire artery (cutoff, ≥-7.6 Hounsfield units/10 mm; c-statistics, 0.72; sensitivity, 65%; specificity, 73%; positive predictive value, 52%; negative predictive value, 82%). TAG of a distal vessel could discriminate the antegrade (n=143) and retrograde (n=182) flows in distal artery (cutoff, 0.0 Hounsfield unit/10 mm; c-statistics, 0.88; sensitivity, 78%; specificity, 85%; positive predictive value, 87%; negative predictive value, 75%). CONCLUSIONS TAG, an intracoronary attenuation-based analysis of coronary computed tomographic angiography, moderately reflected the functional extent and direction of collateral flow.
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- Jin-Ho Choi
- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.).
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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- From the Departments of Medicine (J.-H.C., E.K.K., Y.B.S., J-Y.H., S.H.C., H.-C.G., S.H.L., J.K.O.), Emergency Medicine (J.-H.C.), and Radiology (S.M.K., Y.H.C.), Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; and Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN (J.K.O.)
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Seiler C, Meier P. Historical aspects and relevance of the human coronary collateral circulation. Curr Cardiol Rev 2014; 10:2-16. [PMID: 23859295 PMCID: PMC3968590 DOI: 10.2174/1573403x113099990028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In 1669, anastomoses between the right and left coronary artery were first documented by Richard Lower of Amsterdam. Using post-mortem imaging, a debate followed on the existence of structural inter-coronary anastomoses, which was not resolved before the first half of the 20 ieth century in case of the presence of coronary artery disease (CAD), and not before the early 1960 ies in case of the normal human coronary circulation by William Fulton. Functional coronary collateral measurements during coronary interventions were first performed only in the 1970 ies, respectively in the early 1980 ies. In humans, the existence of functional coronary collaterals in the absence of CAD has not been documented before 2003. Though the coronary collateral circulation has been recognized as an alternative source of blood supply to ischemic myocardium, its prognostic significance for the CAD population as a whole has been controversial until recently. The debate was due to different populations examined (acute versus chronic CAD, varying severity of CAD), to variable definitions of the term "prognosis", to insufficient statistical power of the investigation with rare occurrence of prognostic endpoints, to short duration of follow-up and to blunt instruments employed for collateral assessment. Individually, it has been acknowledged that a well functioning collateral supply to a myocardial area at risk for necrosis reduces infarct size, preserves ventricular function, prevents ventricular remodelling and aneurysm formation. Collectively, evidence has accumulated only recently that an extensive coronary collateral circulation is a beneficial prognosticator quoad vitam. In a recent meta-analysis on the topic, the risk ratio to die from any cause for high vs low or absent collateralization in patients with subacute myocardial infarction was 0.53 (95% confidence interval 0.15-1.92; p=0.335), and for patients with acute myocardial infarction, it was 0.63 (95% confidence interval 0.29-1.39; p=0.257)¸ the relative risk to die from any cause for well vs poorly developed collaterals in patients with stable CAD was 0.59 (95% confidence interval 0.39-0.89), p=0.012.
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- University Hospital, Freiburgstrasse, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
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Enhos A, Sahin I, Can MM, Biter I, Dinckal MH, Serebruany V. Relation of coronary collateral circulation with epicardial fat volume in patients with stable coronary artery disease. JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC CARDIOLOGY : JGC 2014; 10:344-8. [PMID: 24454327 PMCID: PMC3888916 DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-5411.2013.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2013] [Revised: 07/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Objective To investigated the relationship between epicardial fat volume (EFV) and coronary collateral circulation (CCC) in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods The study population consisted of 152 consecutive patients with CAD who underwent coronary angiography and were found to have at least 95% significiant lesion in at least one major coronary artery. EFV was assessed utilizing 64-multislice computed tomography. The patients were classifield into impaired CCC group (Group 1, Rentrop grades 0−1, n = 58), or adequate CCC (Group 2, Rentrop grades 2−3, n = 94). Results The EFV values were significantly higher in paitients with adequate CCC than in those with impaired CCC. In multivariate logistic regression analysis, EFV (OR = 1.059; 95% CI: 1.035−1.085; P = 0.001); and presence of angina were independent predictors of adequate CCC. In receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis, the EFV value > 106.5 mL yielded an area under the curve value of 0.84, with the test sensitivity of 49.3%, and with 98.3% specifity. Conclusions High EFV, and the presence of angina independently predict adequate CCC in patients with stable coronary artery disease. This association offers new diagnostic opportinities to assess collateral flow by conventional ultrasound techniques.
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- Asım Enhos
- Bagcılar Research and Education Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bagcılar 34800, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcılar Research and Education Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bagcılar 34800, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcılar Research and Education Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bagcılar 34800, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcılar Research and Education Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bagcılar 34800, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcılar Research and Education Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bagcılar 34800, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Bagcılar Research and Education Hospital, Cardiology Department, Bagcılar 34800, Istanbul, Turkey
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Seiler C. Assessment and Impact of the Human Coronary Collateral Circulation on Myocardial Ischemia and Outcome. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2013; 6:719-28. [DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.113.000555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Christian Seiler
- From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
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Meier P, Schirmer SH, Lansky AJ, Timmis A, Pitt B, Seiler C. The collateral circulation of the heart. BMC Med 2013; 11:143. [PMID: 23735225 PMCID: PMC3689049 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The coronary arteries have been regarded as end arteries for decades. However, there are functionally relevant anastomotic vessels, known as collateral arteries, which interconnect epicardial coronary arteries. These vessels provide an alternative source of blood supply to the myocardium in cases of occlusive coronary artery disease. The relevance of these collateral arteries is a matter of ongoing debate, but increasing evidence indicates a relevant protective role in patients with coronary artery disease. The collateral circulation can be assessed by different methods; the gold standard involves intracoronary pressure measurements. While the first clinical trials to therapeutically induce growth of collateral arteries have been unavailing, recent pilot studies using external counterpulsation or growth factors such as granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) have shown promising results.
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- Pascal Meier
- The Heart Hospital London, University College London Hospitals UCLH, London, UK.
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Karrowni W, El Accaoui RN, Chatterjee K. Coronary collateral circulation: Its relevance. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2013; 82:915-28. [DOI: 10.1002/ccd.24910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Revised: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Wassef Karrowni
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Iowa City Iowa
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Iowa City Iowa
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases; University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; Iowa City Iowa
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Giordano C, Kuraitis D, Beanlands RSB, Suuronen EJ, Ruel M. Cell-based vasculogenic studies in preclinical models of chronic myocardial ischaemia and hibernation. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2012; 13:411-28. [PMID: 23256710 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2013.748739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Coronary artery disease commonly leads to myocardial ischaemia and hibernation. Relevant preclinical models of these conditions are essential to evaluate new therapeutic options such as cell-based vasculogenic therapies. AREAS COVERED In this article, the authors first review basic concepts of myocardial ischaemia/hibernation and relevant techniques to assess myocardial viability. Then, preclinical models of chronic myocardial ischaemia and hibernation, induced by devices such as ameroid constrictors, Delrin stenosis, hydraulic occluders, and coils/stents are described. Lastly, the authors discuss cell-based vasculogenic therapy, and summarise studies conducted in large animal models of chronic myocardial ischaemia and hibernation. EXPERT OPINION Approximately one-third of patients with viable myocardium do not undergo revascularisation; however, this population is at high risk for cardiac events and would surely benefit from effective cell-based therapy. Because of the modest benefits in clinical studies, preclinical models accurately representing clinical myocardial ischemia/hibernation are necessary to better understand and appropriately direct regenerative therapy research.
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- Céline Giordano
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Division of Cardiac Surgery, 40 Ruskin Street, Suite 3403, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4W7, Canada
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Tanboga IH, Topcu S, Nacar T, Aksakal E, Kalkan K, Kiki I, Sevimli S. Relation of coronary collateral circulation with red cell distribution width in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Clin Appl Thromb Hemost 2012; 20:411-5. [PMID: 23262968 DOI: 10.1177/1076029612470490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We aimed to investigate the relationship between red cell distribution width (RDW) value and coronary collateral circulation (CCC) in patients with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). METHODS The study population consisted of 322 consecutive patients with NSTEMI. The patients were classified into impaired CCC (group 1, Rentrop grades 0-1) or good CCC (group 2, Rentrop grades 2-3). Baseline RDW was measured as part of the automated complete blood count. RESULTS The RDW values were significantly higher in patients with impaired CCC than in those with good CCC (17.2 ± 2.3 vs 14.5 ± 2.5, P < .001). In multivariate logistic regression analysis, RDW (odds ratio: 1.52, 95% confidence interval: 1.30-1.78, P < .001), baseline creatine kinase MB (CK-MB), and absence of preinfarction angina were found to be the independent predictors of impaired CCC. In receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis, the RDW value >15.5 yielded an area under curve value of 0.783, with 77% sensitivity and 73% specificity. CONCLUSIONS Our study results demonstrated that, high RDW, high CK-MB, and absence of preinfarction angina were found to be independent predictors of impaired CCC.
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- Ibrahim Halil Tanboga
- 1Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Ataturk University Medical School, Erzurum, Turkey
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Ege MR, Yucel O, Guray U. Response to Mildly Decreased Glomerular Filtration Rate Is Associated With Poor Coronary Collateral Circulation in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease. Clin Cardiol 2012; 35:315-6; author reply 316-7. [DOI: 10.1002/clc.21007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2011] [Accepted: 10/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Keeley EC, Moorman JR, Liu L, Gimple LW, Lipson LC, Ragosta M, Taylor AM, Lake DE, Burdick MD, Mehrad B, Strieter RM. Plasma chemokine levels are associated with the presence and extent of angiographic coronary collaterals in chronic ischemic heart disease. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21174. [PMID: 21731663 PMCID: PMC3120847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In patients with chronic ischemic heart disease (IHD), the presence and extent of spontaneously visible coronary collaterals are powerful determinants of clinical outcome. There is marked heterogeneity in the recruitment of coronary collaterals amongst patients with similar degrees of coronary artery stenoses, but the biological basis of this heterogeneity is not known. Chemokines are potent mediators of vascular remodeling in diverse biological settings. Their role in coronary collateralization has not been investigated. We sought to determine whether plasma levels of angiogenic and angiostatic chemokines are associated with of the presence and extent of coronary collaterals in patients with chronic IHD. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We measured plasma concentrations of angiogenic and angiostatic chemokine ligands in 156 consecutive subjects undergoing coronary angiography with at least one ≥90% coronary stenosis and determined the presence and extent of spontaneously visible coronary collaterals using the Rentrop scoring system. Eighty-eight subjects (56%) had evidence of coronary collaterals. In a multivariable regression model, the concentration of the angiogenic ligands CXCL5, CXCL8 and CXCL12, hyperlipidemia, and an occluded artery were associated with the presence of collaterals; conversely, the concentration of the angiostatic ligand CXCL11, interferon-γ, hypertension and diabetes were associated with the absence of collaterals (ROC area 0.91). When analyzed according to extent of collateralization, higher Rentrop scores were significantly associated with increased concentration of the angiogenic ligand CXCL1 (p<0.0001), and decreased concentrations of angiostatic ligands CXCL9 (p<0.0001), CXCL10 (p = 0.002), and CXCL11 (p = 0.0002), and interferon-γ (p = 0.0004). CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Plasma chemokine concentrations are associated with the presence and extent of spontaneously visible coronary artery collaterals and may be mechanistically involved in their recruitment.
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- Ellen C Keeley
- Division of Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America.
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Ilia R, Wolak A, Amit G, Weinstein JM. Collateral blood flow can predict myocardial blush grade in primary coronary intervention. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2011; 80:67-70. [DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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de Marchi SF, Gloekler S, Meier P, Traupe T, Steck H, Cook S, Vogel R, Seiler C. Determinants of Preformed Collateral Vessels in the Human Heart without Coronary Artery Disease. Cardiology 2011; 118:198-206. [DOI: 10.1159/000328648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bahrmann P, Rach J, Desch S, Schuler GC, Thiele H. Incidence and distribution of occluded culprit arteries and impact of coronary collaterals on outcome in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and early invasive treatment strategy. Clin Res Cardiol 2010; 100:457-67. [DOI: 10.1007/s00392-010-0269-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Steg PG, Kerner A, Mancini GBJ, Reynolds HR, Carvalho AC, Fridrich V, White HD, Forman SA, Lamas GA, Hochman JS, Buller CE. Impact of collateral flow to the occluded infarct-related artery on clinical outcomes in patients with recent myocardial infarction: a report from the randomized occluded artery trial. Circulation 2010; 121:2724-30. [PMID: 20547926 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.109.933200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Collateral flow to the infarct artery territory after acute myocardial infarction may be associated with improved clinical outcomes and may also impact the benefit of subsequent recanalization of an occluded infarct-related artery. METHODS AND RESULTS To understand the association between baseline collateral flow to the infarct territory on clinical outcomes and its interaction with percutaneous coronary intervention of an occluded infarct artery, long-term outcomes in 2173 patients with total occlusion of the infarct artery 3 to 28 days after myocardial infarction from the randomized Occluded Artery Trial were analyzed according to angiographic collaterals documented at study entry. There were important differences in baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics as a function of collateral grade, with generally lower-risk characteristics associated with higher collateral grade. Higher collateral grade was associated with lower rates of death (P=0.009), class III and IV heart failure (P<0.0001) or either (P=0.0002) but had no association with the risk of reinfarction. However, by multivariate analysis, collateral flow was neither an independent predictor of death nor of the primary end point of the trial (composite of death, reinfarction, or class IV heart failure). There was no interaction between angiographic collateral grade and the results of randomized treatment assignment (percutaneous coronary intervention or medical therapy alone) on clinical outcomes. CONCLUSIONS In recent myocardial infarction, angiographic collaterals to the occluded infarct artery are correlates but not independent predictors of major clinical outcomes. Late recanalization of the infarct artery in addition to medical therapy shows no benefit compared with medical therapy alone, regardless of the presence or absence of collaterals. Therefore, revascularization decisions in patients with recent myocardial infarction should not be based on the presence or grade of angiographic collaterals. Clinical Trial Registration- URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT00004562.
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- Ph Gabriel Steg
- INSERM U-698 and Département de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Bichat-Claude Bernard, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris Cedex 18, France.
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Yamagami S, Miyauchi K, Daida H. Impact of initial degree of coronary narrowing on left ventricular function in first myocardial infarction. Int Heart J 2010; 51:82-5. [PMID: 20379039 DOI: 10.1536/ihj.51.82] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To determine whether the initial degree of coronary narrowing prior to a first myocardial infarction (MI) affects left ventricular function, we analyzed paired coronary angiograms and left ventriculography in 41 consecutive MI patients in whom coronary angiography was obtained before and after MI. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to coronary narrowing of the infarct culprit lesion at first angiogram; a significant narrowing group (group S, 15 patients) and a nonsignificant narrowing group (group N, 26 patients). Significant narrowing was defined as more than 75% stenosis of an infarct-related segment in the first angiography and nonsignificant narrowing was less than 50% narrowing. Clinical characteristics were similar in the two groups, with the exception of initial diameter stenosis. LV function was normal in both groups at initial examination. Group S patients had a higher prevalence of angina prior to MI (73% versus 23%; P = 0.001), good collateral development (73% versus 35%; P = 0.02), and non-Q MI (73% versus 27%; P = 0.004) than group N patients. RWM was also superior in group S compared with group N. The deterioration of global and infarction zone function was mild in group S compared with group N (group S; median EF -10%, RWM -0.27 SD/chord, group N; median EF -26%, RWM -1.62 SD/chord, P = 0.001). We conclude that deterioration of LV wall motion in patients with severe stenosis in their initial stenosis would be milder than in AMI that developed from a mild degree of stenosis.
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- Shinichiro Yamagami
- Department of Cardiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Imaging myocardial angiogenesis presents a major technical challenge because the ideal spatial resolution required is substantially higher than that available with standard X-ray angiography and nuclear medicine imaging. Moreover, these clinical imaging methods are currently inadequate (because of insufficient resolution) for clinical trials of angiogenic agents for the treatment of ischemic heart disease. Specialized techniques in MRI, ultrasonography, echocardiography and CT that are under development might provide improved means of imaging myocardial angiogenesis. Molecular imaging technologies are also being developed to improve resolution and to provide a better mechanistic insight into angiogenic therapies for ischemic heart diseases. This Review examines advanced methods for imaging angiogenesis. These technologies might soon permit data to be obtained directly from scientific studies and clinical trials.
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Ozdemir AO, Gulec S, Uslu N, Kaya CT, Ozdol C, Turhan S, Atmaca Y, Altin T, Erol C. The relation between endothelial dependent flow mediated dilation of the brachial artery and coronary collateral development - a cross sectional study. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2009; 7:25. [PMID: 19527494 PMCID: PMC2702291 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-7-25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 06/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Endothelial dysfunction is thought to be a potential mechanism for the decreased presence of coronary collaterals. The aim of the study was to investigate the association between systemic endothelial function and the extent of coronary collaterals. METHODS We investigated the association between endothelial function assessed via flow mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery following reactive hyperemia and the extent of coronary collaterals graded from 0 to 3 according to Rentrop classification in a cohort of 171 consecutive patients who had high grade coronary stenosis or occlusion on their angiograms. RESULTS Mean age was 61 years and 75% were males. Of the 171 patients 88 (51%) had well developed collaterals (grades of 2 or 3) whereas 83 (49%) had impaired collateral development (grades of 0 or 1). Patients with poor collaterals were significantly more likely to have diabetes (p = 0.001), but less likely to have used statins (p = 0.083). FMD measurements were not significantly different among good and poor collateral groups (11.5 +/- 5.6 vs. 10.4 +/- 6.2% respectively, p = 0.214). Nitroglycerin mediated dilation was also similar (13.4 +/- 5.9 vs. 12.8 +/- 6.5%, p = 0.521). CONCLUSION No significant association was found between the extent of angiographically visible coronary collaterals and systemic endothelial function assessed by FMD of the brachial artery.
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- Aydan Ongun Ozdemir
- Department of Cardiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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Sanchis J, Bodí V, Insa LD, Berenguer A, Chorro FJ, Llácer A, López-Lereu MP, López-Merino V. Predictors of early and late ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol 2009; 22:581-6. [PMID: 10486697 PMCID: PMC6655606 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The determinants of the early and late stages of the ventricular remodeling process after infarction are not well defined. HYPOTHESIS The study was undertaken to evaluate the factors that condition the time course of left ventricular dilation during the first 6 months after infarction. METHODS The study group consisted of 74 patients with a first intermediate-large (> or = 4 Q waves) acute myocardial infarction. Contrast left ventricular and coronary angiograms were performed at 7 +/- 1 and 175 +/- 25 days after infarction. Left ventricular volumes, regional function and infarction artery status were quantified. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in the early angiogram in 31 patients. RESULTS In the early angiogram, 13 patients showed ventricular remodeling (end-diastolic volume > 90 ml/m2). A larger extent of dysfunction was the only predictor (p < 0.002) of early remodeling. At 6 months, a smaller, early end-diastolic volume (p < 0.0001) and a poorer regional function recovery (p < 0.05) were independently related to late diastolic enlargement, and a poorer regional function recovery (p < 0.0001) and a smaller, early end-systolic volume (p < 0.009) were independently related to late systolic enlargement. One patient with compared with 20 patients without early remodeling (p < 0.04) presented with late remodeling (increment of the end-diastolic volume > 20% at 6 months). In patients with early remodeling, the end-diastolic volume did not change significantly (101 +/- 13 vs. 94 +/- 22 ml/m2, NS) at 6 months; despite this, they maintained larger diastolic volumes than patients with late remodeling (81 +/- 12 ml/m2, p < 0.04) at 6 months. Infarction artery status did not influence the evolution of ventricular volumes and regional function. CONCLUSIONS (1) A large infarct size is the main determinant of postinfarction remodeling. (2) Such infarct size-dependent ventricular dilation occurs early and does not tend to increase in late stage; in contrast, some cases of intermediate-large size infarcts without early remodeling exhibit late remodeling associated with a poor late recovery of regional function. (3) Recovery of regional function (indicating myocardial viability) rather than infarction artery status plays a role in the late ventricular remodeling process.
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- J Sanchis
- Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valencia, Spain
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Coronary collaterals improve prognosis in patients with ischemic heart disease. Int J Cardiol 2008; 132:257-62. [PMID: 18242732 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.11.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2007] [Revised: 11/17/2007] [Accepted: 11/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The recruitment of coronary collateral vessels results from an endogenous adaptation to ischemic heart disease (IHD). Presence of collaterals may exert protection at the time of acute or chronic obstructive coronary disease. The protective role of collaterals in patients with extensive coronary artery disease however, has been disputed. We examined the effects of coronary collateral circulation on cardiovascular outcomes, with an emphasis on clinical prognostic value and on a putative role of IHD burden. METHODS Data analyzed were obtained in the REGRESS study, involving 879 male participants undergoing coronary angiography and being followed for 24 months. Presence of coronary collaterals spontaneously visible on angiography was assessed. Events included: myocardial infarction (MI), coronary heart disease death and percutaneous or surgical coronary intervention. Estimates of relative risks of outcome events were calculated using proportional hazard analysis, with adjustments for confounding factors and stratification for initial revascularization strategy and factors reflecting extent of IHD burden. RESULTS Event-free survival after two years was 84% in patients without collaterals, and 92% in patients with collaterals (p=0.0020). The crude HR was 0.48 (95% CI: 0.30-0.77), and 0.38 (0.23-0.65) after adjustment for confounders and cardiovascular risk factors. The protective effect of coronary collaterals was not modified by the extent of IHD burden (interaction p=0.99). CONCLUSION The angiographical presence of coronary collaterals is a clinical predictor of cardiovascular prognosis. Collaterals exert a protective effect on outcome in a broad spectrum of patients. Our data suggest that this protective effect is independent of disease burden, and remains present in patients with extensive IHD.
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Meier P, Gloekler S, Zbinden R, Beckh S, de Marchi SF, Zbinden S, Wustmann K, Billinger M, Vogel R, Cook S, Wenaweser P, Togni M, Windecker S, Meier B, Seiler C. Beneficial effect of recruitable collaterals: a 10-year follow-up study in patients with stable coronary artery disease undergoing quantitative collateral measurements. Circulation 2007; 116:975-83. [PMID: 17679611 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.107.703959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND The prognostic relevance of the collateral circulation is still controversial. The goal of this study was to assess the impact on survival of quantitatively obtained, recruitable coronary collateral flow in patients with stable coronary artery disease during 10 years of follow-up. METHODS AND RESULTS Eight-hundred forty-five individuals (age, 62+/-11 years), 106 patients without coronary artery disease and 739 patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease, underwent a total of 1053 quantitative, coronary pressure-derived collateral measurements between March 1996 and April 2006. All patients were prospectively included in a collateral flow index (CFI) database containing information on recruitable collateral flow parameters obtained during a 1-minute coronary balloon occlusion. CFI was calculated as follows: CFI = (P(occl) - CVP)/(P(ao) - CVP) where P(occl) is mean coronary occlusive pressure, P(ao) is mean aortic pressure, and CVP is central venous pressure. Patients were divided into groups with poorly developed (CFI < 0.25) or well-grown collateral vessels (CFI > or = 0.25). Follow-up information on the occurrence of all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac events after study inclusion was collected. Cumulative 10-year survival rates in relation to all-cause deaths and cardiac deaths were 71% and 88%, respectively, in patients with low CFI and 89% and 97% in the group with high CFI (P=0.0395, P=0.0109). Through the use of Cox proportional hazards analysis, the following variables independently predicted elevated cardiac mortality: age, low CFI (as a continuous variable), and current smoking. CONCLUSIONS A well-functioning coronary collateral circulation saves lives in patients with chronic stable coronary artery disease. Depending on the exact amount of collateral flow recruitable during a brief coronary occlusion, long-term cardiac mortality is reduced to one fourth compared with the situation without collateral supply.
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- Pascal Meier
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Regieli JJ, Nathoe HM, Koerselman J, van der Graaf Y, Grobbee DE, Doevendans PA. Coronary collaterals—insights in molecular determinants and prognostic relevance. Int J Cardiol 2007; 116:139-43. [PMID: 16828902 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2005] [Revised: 03/29/2006] [Accepted: 04/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the field of molecular cardiology, recently several determinants of coronary collateral circulation have been identified. Knowing these factors may aid risk-stratification and put forward targets for intervention by stimulating development of collateral blood vessels (arteriogenesis). However, prognostic importance of coronary collaterals is not yet beyond debate, and seems to be modified by the extent of atherosclerotic burden. Combining these insights is essential to increase our understanding of these mechanisms and to proceed with developing strategies for risk-stratification and therapeutic stimulation of arteriogenesis.
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Hirayama A, Kusuoka H, Yamamoto H, Sakata Y, Asakura M, Higuchi Y, Mizuno H, Kashiwase K, Ueda Y, Okuyama Y, Hori M, Kodama K. Usefulness of plasma brain natriuretic peptide concentration for predicting subsequent left ventricular remodeling after coronary angioplasty in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2006; 98:453-7. [PMID: 16893696 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2006.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Revised: 03/06/2006] [Accepted: 03/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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To determine the relation between plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and remodeling in terms of infarct-related artery (IRA) patency, 106 patients with a first anterior wall acute myocardial infarction with a patent IRA at 1 month were studied. The IRA reoccluded at 6 months in 17 patients (reoccluded IRA) and was patent in 89 patients (patent IRA). The 2 groups did not differ with respect to clinical characteristics, hemodynamic variables, and left ventricular function at 1 month, except for left ventricular end-diastolic and systolic volumes, which were significantly greater in the reoccluded IRA group. Plasma BNP concentration in the reoccluded IRA group (336 +/- 288 pg/ml) was significantly higher than that in the patent IRA group (116 +/- 106 pg/ml) at 1 month. BNP concentration decreased significantly at 6 months in the 2 groups (reoccluded IRA vs patent IRA 152 +/- 162 vs 44 +/- 58 pg/ml, p <0.05). The increase in left ventricular volume from 1 to 6 months was significantly correlated with plasma BNP concentration at 1 month in the patent IRA group (r = 0.314, p < 0.01) and the reoccluded group (r = 0.634, p < 0.01). Linear regression analysis showed that the correlation between the 2 parameters in the 2 groups was similar. Based on stepwise multivariate linear regression analysis, only plasma BNP concentration was significantly correlated with the increase in left ventricular volume from 1 to 6 months in the 2 groups. In conclusion, these results suggest that plasma BNP concentration predicts left ventricular dilation independently of IRA patency.
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- Atsushi Hirayama
- The Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
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Qian HS, Liu P, Huw LY, Orme A, Halks-Miller M, Hill SM, Jin F, Kretschmer P, Blasko E, Cashion L, Szymanski P, Vergona R, Harkins R, Yu J, Sessa WC, Dole WP, Rubanyi GM, Kauser K. Effective treatment of vascular endothelial growth factor refractory hindlimb ischemia by a mutant endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene. Gene Ther 2006; 13:1342-50. [PMID: 16642030 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Gene delivery of angiogenic growth factors is a promising approach for the treatment of ischemic cardiovascular diseases. However, success of this new therapeutic principle is hindered by the lack of critical understanding as to how disease pathology affects the efficiency of gene delivery and/or the downstream signaling pathways of angiogenesis. Critical limb ischemia occurs in patients with advanced atherosclerosis often exhibiting deficiency in endothelial nitric oxide production. Similar to these patients, segmental femoral artery resection progresses into severe ischemic necrosis in mice deficient in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS-KO) as well as in balb/c mice. We used these models to evaluate the influence of severe ischemia on transfection efficiency and duration of transgene expression in the skeletal muscle following plasmid injection in combination with electroporation. Subsequently, we also explored the potential therapeutic effect of the phosphomimetic mutant of ecNOS gene (NOS1177D) using optimized delivery parameters, and found significant benefit both in ecNOS-KO and balb/c mice. Our results indicate that NOS1177D gene delivery to the ischemic skeletal muscle can be efficient to reverse critical limb ischemia in pathological settings, which are refractory to treatments with a single growth factor, such as vascular endothelial growth factor.
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- H S Qian
- Department of Pharmacology, Berlex Biosciences, Richmond, CA, USA
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This section describes the clinical evidence for benefit from coronary collateral channels. There is data to suggest the presence of a protective effect in patients sustaining myocardial infarction regardless of whether they receive reperfusion therapy, and whether the collaterals were preformed. The role of pre-infarction angina in stimulating collateral development remains a contentious issue.
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- Robert D Smith
- Department of Cardiology, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, Harefield, Middlesex, UK
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de Marchi SF, Oswald P, Windecker S, Meier B, Seiler C. Reciprocal relationship between left ventricular filling pressure and the recruitable human coronary collateral circulation. Eur Heart J 2004; 26:558-66. [PMID: 15618046 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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AIMS The aim of our study in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and present, or absent, myocardial ischaemia during coronary occlusion was to test whether (i) left ventricular (LV) filling pressure is influenced by the collateral circulation and, on the other hand, that (ii) its resistance to flow is directly associated with LV filling pressure. METHODS AND RESULTS In 50 patients with CAD, the following parameters were obtained before and during a 60 s balloon occlusion: LV, aortic (Pao) and coronary pressure (Poccl), flow velocity (Voccl), central venous pressure (CVP), and coronary flow velocity after coronary angioplasty (V(Ø-occl)). The following variables were determined and analysed at 10 s intervals during occlusion, and at 60 s of occlusion: LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), velocity-derived (CFIv) and pressure-derived collateral flow index (CFIp), coronary collateral (Rcoll), and peripheral resistance index to flow (Rperiph). Patients with ECG signs of ischaemia during coronary occlusion (insufficient collaterals, n = 33) had higher values of LVEDP over the entire course of occlusion than those without ECG signs of ischaemia during occlusion (sufficient collaterals, n = 17). Despite no ischaemia in the latter, there was an increase in LVEDP from 20 to 60 s of occlusion. In patients with insufficient collaterals, CFIv decreased and CFIp increased during occlusion. Beyond an occlusive LVEDP > 27 mmHg, Rcoll and Rperiph increased as a function of LVEDP. CONCLUSION Recruitable collaterals are reciprocally tied to LV filling pressure during occlusion. If poorly developed, they affect it via myocardial ischaemia; if well grown, LV filling pressure still increases gradually during occlusion despite the absence of ischaemia indicating transmission of collateral perfusion pressure to the LV. With low, but not high, collateral flow, resistance to collateral as well as coronary peripheral flow is related to LV filling pressure in the high range.
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- Stefano F de Marchi
- Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Ozdemr O, Soylu M, Demr AD, Geyk B, Alyan O, Chan G, Topaloglu S, Aras D, Balbay Y, Sasmaz H. Do collaterals affect heart rate variability in patients with acute myocardial infarction? Coron Artery Dis 2004; 15:405-11. [PMID: 15492589 DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200411000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND The protective effects and the prognostic importance of collaterals during and after acute myocardial infarction (MI) are under debate and heart rate variability (HRV) is a strong predictor of risk of mortality and arrhythmic events after acute MI. We aimed to examine the effects of collateral circulation on HRV in the early period after acute MI. METHODS Sixty-four patients admitted to our clinics who were diagnosed with acute anterior MI and underwent thrombolytic therapy were enrolled in this study. We applied 24 h Holter monitoring for HRV analysis to all patients and compared the patients with and without collaterals to the infarct-related artery. RESULTS Mean heart rate, low frequency (LF) (day, night and 24 h) and LF/high frequency (HF) (day, night and 24 h) were higher, SD of all NN intervals (SDNN), root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD), number of NN intervals that differed by more than 50 ms from the adjacent interval divided by the total number of all NN intervals (PNN50) and HF night values were lower in patients without collaterals than in those with collaterals. SDNN was negatively correlated with left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis, ventricle score indices and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF); LF/HF ratio was positively correlated with ventricle score indices and negatively correlated with LVEF and Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction flow grade. Linear regression analysis showed that ventricle score index and coronary collaterals affect HRV and LAD stenosis, ventricle score, LVEF and coronary collaterals affect LF/HF ratio. A SDNN <80 ms increased the development of ventricular arrhythmias in the early period by 4.7 fold, a LF/HF ratio >2.7 increased it by 9.8 fold and a LVEF <35% increased it by 12.8 fold, whereas the presence of well-developed collaterals decreased the arrhythmia development by 2.5 fold. CONCLUSIONS The collaterals to the infarct-related artery have great impact on HRV, autonomic nervous system activity and the development of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with acute anterior MI. Our results suggest a protective role of collaterals on myocardial electrophysiology in the early period after acute MI.
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- Ozcan Ozdemr
- Cardiology Clinics, Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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Verma S, Kuliszewski MA, Li SH, Szmitko PE, Zucco L, Wang CH, Badiwala MV, Mickle DAG, Weisel RD, Fedak PWM, Stewart DJ, Kutryk MJB. C-reactive protein attenuates endothelial progenitor cell survival, differentiation, and function: further evidence of a mechanistic link between C-reactive protein and cardiovascular disease. Circulation 2004; 109:2058-67. [PMID: 15078802 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000127577.63323.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 397] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial ischemia provides a potent stimulus to angiogenesis, and the mobilization and differentiation of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been shown to be important in this process. An elevated level of C-reactive protein (CRP) has emerged as one of the most powerful predictors of cardiovascular disease. However, the impact of CRP on EPC biology is unknown. METHODS AND RESULTS EPCs were isolated from the peripheral venous blood of healthy male volunteers. Cells were cultured in endothelial cell basal medium-2 in the absence and presence of CRP (5 to 20 microg/mL), rosiglitazone (1 micromol/L), and/or vascular endothelial growth factor. EPC differentiation, survival, and function were assayed. CRP at concentrations > or =15 microg/mL significantly reduced EPC cell number, inhibited the expression of the endothelial cell-specific markers Tie-2, EC-lectin, and VE-cadherin, significantly increased EPC apoptosis, and impaired EPC-induced angiogenesis. EPC-induced angiogenesis was dependent on the presence of nitric oxide, and CRP treatment caused a decrease in endothelial nitric oxide synthase mRNA expression by EPCs. However, all of these detrimental CRP-mediated effects on EPCs were attenuated by pretreatment with rosiglitazone, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) agonist. CONCLUSIONS Human recombinant CRP, at concentrations known to predict adverse vascular outcomes, directly inhibits EPC differentiation, survival, and function, key components of angiogenesis and the response to chronic ischemia. This occurs in part via an effect of CRP to reduce EPC eNOS expression. The PPARgamma agonist rosiglitazone inhibits the negative effects of CRP on EPC biology. The ability of CRP to inhibit EPC differentiation and survival may represent an important mechanism that further links inflammation to cardiovascular disease.
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- Subodh Verma
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 14EN-215, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2C4.
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Billinger M, Kloos P, Eberli FR, Windecker S, Meier B, Seiler C. Physiologically assessed coronary collateral flow and adverse cardiac ischemic events: a follow-up study in 403 patients with coronary artery disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2002; 40:1545-50. [PMID: 12427404 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(02)02378-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate whether coronary collateral flow is clinically relevant for future cardiac ischemic events. BACKGROUND The link between good collateral supply related to less myocardial damage and fewer cardiac events has not been established prospectively beyond doubt. METHODS In 403 patients with stable angina pectoris undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) and quantitative collateral assessment, the occurrence of major adverse cardiac events ([MACE] cardiac death, myocardial infarction, unstable angina pectoris) and stable angina pectoris was monitored during follow-up. Collateral flow index (CFI) was determined using intracoronary pressure or Doppler guidewires. Mean aortic ([P(ao)] mm Hg) and distal coronary artery occlusive pressure ([P(occl)] mm Hg) during balloon angioplasty (PTCA), or distal coronary flow velocity time integral during ([V(occl)] cm) and after ([V(ø-occl)] cm) PTCA were measured continuously. Pressure-derived CFI was calculated as follows: (P(occl) - 5)/(P(ao) - 5). Doppler-derived CFI: V(occl)/V(ø-occl). Patients were subdivided into a group with well (CFI > or = 0.25) and poorly developed collaterals (CFI < 0.25). RESULTS Average follow-up was 94 +/- 56 (15 to 202) weeks. There were 134 patients with CFI >or =0.25 (61 +/- 11 years) and 269 with CFI <0.25 (61 +/- 10 years). The overall cardiac ischemic event rate (MACE and stable angina pectoris) during follow-up was 23% in patients with CFI > or =0.25 and 20% in patients with CFI <0.25 (p = NS). However, only 2.2% of patients with good collateral flow suffered a major cardiac ischemic event, compared with 9.0% among patients with poorly developed collaterals (p = 0.01). The incidence of stable angina pectoris was significantly higher in patients with well developed collaterals than in those with poorly developed collaterals (21% vs. 12%; p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In this relatively large population with chronic stable coronary artery disease undergoing quantitative collateral measurement, the beneficial impact of well developed collateral vessels on the occurrence of future major cardiac ischemic events is clearly demonstrated.
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- Michael Billinger
- Division of Cardiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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Hirayama A, Kusuoka H, Adachi T, Sakai A, Ueda Y, Okuyama Y, Fuji H, Sakata Y, Sakata Y, Asakura M, Yamamoto H, Higuchi Y, Hori M, Kodama K. Comparison of time of reperfusion during anterior wall acute myocardial infarction to left ventricular volume one month and 20 months later. Am J Cardiol 2002; 89:1335-40. [PMID: 12062724 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(02)02343-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We studied 95 patients with a first anterior wall acute myocardial infarction who received successful reperfusion within 72 hours after the onset. The patients were divided into 4 groups based on the time required to achieve reperfusion; <3 hours (n = 23), 3 to 6 hours (n = 42), 6 to 24 hours (n = 17), and >24 to 72 hours (n = 13). The infarct size, as evaluated by thallium-201 single-photon emission computed tomography, at 1 month after the infarct was significantly larger (p <0.05) in >24 to 72 hours (1,593 +/- 652 U) than that in <3 hours (749 +/- 650 U), but was not significantly different from that at 3 to 6 hours (1,353 +/- 770 U) or 6 to 24 hours (1,371 +/- 561 U). The end-diastolic volume index at 1 month did not differ among the 4 groups. However, the end-diastolic volume index during the follow-up period (20 +/- 8 months) in >24 to 72 hours (93 +/- 23 ml/m(2)) was significantly larger than that in the other 3 groups (<3 hours [65 +/- 21 ml/m(2)], 3 to 6 hours [65 +/- 22 ml/m(2)], and 6 to 24 hours [70 +/- 25 ml/m(2)]). Similar findings were observed in end-systolic volume index. In conclusion, although infarct size reduction was not observed by late reperfusion, left ventricular volumes at 1 month were comparable among patients with successful reperfusion within 3 and up to >24 hours. Left ventricular volumes 2 years after acute myocardial infarction were significantly larger in patients who did not under reperfusion for >24 hours.
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Edelberg JM, Tang L, Hattori K, Lyden D, Rafii S. Young adult bone marrow-derived endothelial precursor cells restore aging-impaired cardiac angiogenic function. Circ Res 2002; 90:E89-93. [PMID: 12039806 DOI: 10.1161/01.res.0000020861.20064.7e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Delivery of young bone marrow-derived stem cells offers a novel approach for restoring the impaired senescent cardiac angiogenic function that may underlie the increased morbidity and mortality associated with ischemic heart disease in older individuals. Recently, we reported that alterations in endothelial cells of the aging heart lead to a dysregulation in the cardiac myocyte platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-B-induced paracrine pathway, which contributes to impaired cardiac angiogenic function. Based on these results, we hypothesized that cellular restoration of the PDGF pathway by bone marrow-derived endothelial precursor cells (EPCs) could reverse the aging-associated decline in angiogenic activity. In vitro studies revealed that young murine (3-month-old) bone marrow-derived EPCs recapitulated the cardiac myocyte-induced expression of PDGF-B, whereas EPCs from the bone marrow of aging mice (18-month-old) did not express PDGF-B when cultured in the presence of cardiac myocytes. Transplantation of young, but not old, genetically marked syngeneic bone marrow cells into intact, unirradiated aging mice that populated the endogenous senescent murine bone marrow incorporated into the neovasculature of subsequently transplanted syngeneic neonatal myocardium. Moreover, the young bone marrow-derived EPCs restored the senescent host angiogenic PDGF-B induction pathway and cardiac angiogenesis, with graft survival and myocardial activity in the aging murine host (cardiac allograft viability: 3-month-old controls, 8/8; 18-month-old controls, 1/8; 18-month-old donors receiving bone marrow from 3-month-old mice, 15/16; or 18-month-old mice, 0/6; P<0.05). These results may offer a foundation for the development of novel therapies for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease associated with aging.
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- Jay M Edelberg
- Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
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Edelberg JM, Lee SH, Kaur M, Tang L, Feirt NM, McCabe S, Bramwell O, Wong SC, Hong MK. Platelet-derived growth factor-AB limits the extent of myocardial infarction in a rat model: feasibility of restoring impaired angiogenic capacity in the aging heart. Circulation 2002; 105:608-13. [PMID: 11827927 DOI: 10.1161/hc0502.103672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Compared with younger patients, myocardial infarction in the elderly has been associated with less favorable clinical outcomes, which may be attributable to a decline in angiogenic capacity in the aging heart. METHODS AND RESULTS To test the hypothesis that the functional phenotype of cardiac microvascular endothelial cells is maintained partly by a cardiac myocyte platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-B-induced paracrine pathway, we conducted in vitro studies with murine cardiac cells. These studies demonstrated that unlike young endothelial cells, endothelial cells of the aging heart do not express PDGF-B when cultured in the presence of cardiac myocytes. The functional significance of this endothelial dysregulation was assessed with an ex vivo pinnal cardiac allograft model to demonstrate that senescent cardiac angiogenic activity was depressed (2 of 17 allografts were viable in 18-month-old mice versus 19 of 20 in 3-month-old mice; P<0.01). PDGF-AB pretreatment specifically restored the viability of the cardiac allografts in the aging hosts (13 of 13 allografts were viable; P<0.01 versus 18-month-old controls). Finally, in vivo studies in rat hearts demonstrated that pretreatment by intramyocardial delivery of PDGF-AB promotes angiogenesis and minimizes the extent of myocardial infarction in the aging hearts after coronary ligation (myocardial infarction size: 10.0 +/- 7.0% of left ventricular area in PDGF pretreatment [n=7] versus 17.6 +/- 5.6% in control [n=5] groups; P<0.03). CONCLUSION Aging hearts have impaired angiogenic function as a result of depressed PDGF-B production. Restoration of the dysregulated endothelial PDGF-mediated angiogenic pathway in the aging heart reverses the senescent impairment in cardioprotective angiogenic function and offers a foundation for developing novel therapies for cardiovascular disease in older individuals.
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- Jay M Edelberg
- Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
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Gadsbøll N, Torp-Pedersen C, Høilund-Carlsen PF. In-hospital heart failure, first-year ventricular dilatation and 10-year survival after acute myocardial infarction. Eur J Heart Fail 2001; 3:91-6. [PMID: 11163741 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-9842(00)00121-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the factors that determine long-term prognosis in patients who have survived the first year after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). AIMS To study the influence of left and right ventricular (LV and RV) dilatation during the first year after AMI on subsequent 10-year survival in comparison with in-hospital heart failure and other established prognostic indices. METHODS Radionuclide ventriculography was performed before the era of thrombolysis and post-infarction ACE-inhibition in 57 patients with AMI at hospital discharge and again 1 year later, and compared with survival the ensuing 10 years. RESULTS After 1 year significant LV-dilatation (>20%) had occurred in 32 (56%) patients. One year after the re-investigation the mortality in these was 19% vs. 0% in patients without dilatation (P=0.02); after 5 years the difference was 38 vs. 12% (P=0.02), whereafter it declined and became insignificant at 10 years. Neither RV-dilatation, nor LVEF determined at discharge or at the 1-year reinvestigation influenced long-term survival. In contrast, clinical heart failure recorded during the hospital stay had a sustained negative influence on long-term survival. CONCLUSION Progressive LV dilatation after discharge and clinical heart failure during the hospital stay are both determinants of late survival after AMI, whereas LV ejection fraction at hospital discharge or 1 year later has little, if any, effect on survival beyond 1-year post-AMI.
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- Department of Internal Medicine C and the Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, 2600 Glostrup, University of, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nicolau JC, Nogueira PR, Pinto MA, Serrano CV, Garzon SA. Early infarct artery collateral flow does not improve long-term survival following thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 1999; 83:21-6. [PMID: 10073779 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(98)00776-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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It is known that acutely developed collaterals can prevent the onset of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the presence of a total coronary occlusion. However, there still is controversy concerning long-term follow-up of coronary collateral circulation to the infarct-related artery. In this study we analyze the prognostic role of collateral flow (degrees 0 to 3) as well as anterograde flow (degrees 0 to 3) in patients with AMI treated with thrombolytic therapy. Four hundred twenty-two patients (median age 57 years, 355 men) with AMI were treated with intravenous streptokinase and followed prospectively for up to 8 years. At the end of the study period, patients with collateral coronary flow 3 (n = 30) and those with flow <3 (n = 392) at in-hospital coronary arteriography had survival rates of 66% and 85%, respectively (p <0.12). Meanwhile, patients with coronary anterograde flow 3 (n = 189) and those with flow <3 (n = 233) had survival rates of 89% and 80%, respectively (p <0.04). By censored regression analysis, a negative correlation was found between coronary collateral flow degree and survival (p = 0.0498) and, inversely, a positive correlation was found between coronary anterograde flow degree and survival (p = 0.0053). By Cox multivariate analysis, the following variables showed significant correlations with long-term survival: global left ventricular ejection fraction (p = 0.0003), anterograde flow degree (p = 0.0006), collateral flow degree (negative correlation, p = 0.0179), and medical treatment (negative correlation, p = 0.0464). Thus, patients treated with intravenous streptokinase during AMI and with adequate coronary collateral circulation had a worse prognosis than those who developed adequate anterograde flow, probably because of residual myocardial ischemia. Such patients may benefit from coronary revascularization (angioplasty or surgery) to restore anterograde blood flow and minimize myocardium at risk.
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- J C Nicolau
- Heart Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Pérez-Castellano N, García EJ, Abeytua M, Soriano J, Serrano JA, Elízaga J, Botas J, López-Sendón JL, Delcán JL. Influence of collateral circulation on in-hospital death from anterior acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 31:512-8. [PMID: 9502628 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(97)00521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Our purpose was to study whether the in-hospital prognosis of anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is influenced by preexistent collateral circulation to the infarct-related artery. BACKGROUND Collateral circulation exerts beneficial influences on the clinical course after AMI, but demonstration of improved survival is lacking. METHODS We studied 238 consecutive patients with anterior AMI treated by primary angioplasty within the first 6 h of the onset of symptoms. Fifty-eight patients with basal Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) flow >1 in the infarct-related artery or with inadequate documentation of collateral circulation were excluded. Collateral channels to the infarct-related artery before angioplasty were angiographically assessed, establishing two groups: 115 patients (64%) without collateral vessels (group A) and 65 patients (36%) with collateral vessels (group B). RESULTS There were no differences in baseline characteristics between groups A and B, except for the greater prevalence of previous angina in group B (15% vs. 34%, p = 0.003). During the hospital stay, 26 patients (23%) in group A and 5 (8%) in group B died (p = 0.01). Cardiogenic shock accounted for 74% of deaths. Cardiogenic shock developed in 30 patients (26%) in group A and in 4 (6%) in group B (p = 0.001). The absence of collateral circulation appeared to be an independent predictor of in-hospital death (odds ratio 3.4, 95% confidence interval 1.2 to 9.6, p = 0.02) and cardiogenic shock (odds ratio 5.6, 95% confidence interval 1.9 to 17, p = 0.002). CONCLUSIONS Preexistent collateral circulation decreases in-hospital death from anterior AMI by reducing the incidence of cardiogenic shock.
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- N Pérez-Castellano
- Department of Cardiology, Gregorio Marañón University General Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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Nicolau JC, Pinto MA, Nogueira PR, Lorga AM, Jacob JL, Garzon SA. The role of antegrade and collateral flow in relation to left ventricular function post-thrombolysis. Int J Cardiol 1997; 61:47-54. [PMID: 9292332 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5273(97)00134-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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UNLABELLED The aim of the study was to analyze the relationship between antegrade and collateral flow degree to the "culprit" coronary artery, and between both variables and left ventricular systolic function. We analyzed five hundred patients with acute myocardial infarction, treated prospectively and consecutively within 6 h of evolution with intravenous streptokinase. The degree of antegrade (0-3) and collateral blood flow (0-3) were correlated with 18 other variables. RESULTS (a) By simple regression analysis, antegrade flow degree correlated positively (p < 0.0001), and collateral flow degree negatively (p = 0.0073) with left ventricular ejection fraction; (b) By multiple regression analysis, antegrade flow degree (p = 0.0032), but not collateral flow degree (p > 0.1), correlated independently with left ventricular ejection fraction; (c) In the subgroup of patients with occluded "culprit" coronary artery, the mean ejection fraction was significantly higher for those with collateral flow 3 (60.2% +/- 13.3 in relation to those with collateral flow < 3 (53.9% +/- 13.1, p = 0.032, 95% CI. 11.96 to (0.53%). In conclusion, antegrade coronary flow degree, but not collateral flow degree, correlated significantly and independently with left ventricular ejection fraction. However, in the subgroup of patients with occluded "culprit" coronary artery, collateral flow 3 led to better left ventricular systolic function, in relation to collateral flow < 3.
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- J C Nicolau
- Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil
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Sakata Y, Kodama K, Adachi T, Lim YJ, Ishikura F, Fuji H, Masuyama T, Hirayama A. Comparison of myocardial contrast echocardiography and coronary angiography for assessing the acute protective effects of collateral recruitment during occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery at the time of elective angioplasty. Am J Cardiol 1997; 79:1329-33. [PMID: 9165152 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00134-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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To assess the immediate change in collateral flow distribution within the occluded myocardium and the acute protective effects on myocardial ischemia after coronary occlusion, myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) was performed in 15 patients with normal left ventricular function undergoing elective coronary angioplasty of the left anterior descending artery, and the results were compared with those obtained from coronary angiography (CA). The sonicated or nonsonicated contrast material was injected into the right coronary artery before and during coronary occlusion and collaterals were graded on a 4-point scale (none = 0 to good = 3). Development of subjective anginal symptoms, ST-segment shift and wall motion abnormality during coronary occlusion were graded on a 4-point scale (none = 0 to severe = 3). Both MCE and CA detected a significant development in collateral flow during coronary occlusion. There was no significant correlation between MCE and CA collateral grades before or during coronary occlusion. The collateral flow assessed with MCE was inversely but significantly correlated with development of subjective anginal symptoms (r(s) = -0.70, p <0.01), ST-segment shift (r(s) = -0.78, p < 0.005) or wall motion abnormality (r(s) = -0.91, p < 0.001) during coronary occlusion. In contrast, the angiographic collateral flow was not correlated with development of anginal symptoms (r(s) = -0.46, p = 0.10), ST-segment shift (r(s) = -0.41, p = 0.14), or wall motion abnormality (r(s) = -0.26, p = 0.35). The present study suggested that the acute protective effects of coronary collaterals during coronary occlusion were closely associated with myocardial perfusion rather than the angiographic epicardial collateral vessel filling, and thus MCE was useful in assessing the acute protective effects of coronary collaterals during coronary occlusion.
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- Y Sakata
- Cardiovascular Division, Osaka Police Hospital, Tennoji-ku, Japan
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