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Galli M, Niccoli G, De Maria G, Brugaletta S, Montone RA, Vergallo R, Benenati S, Magnani G, D'Amario D, Porto I, Burzotta F, Abbate A, Angiolillo DJ, Crea F. Coronary microvascular obstruction and dysfunction in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Nat Rev Cardiol 2024; 21:283-298. [PMID: 38001231 DOI: 10.1038/s41569-023-00953-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
Abstract
Despite prompt epicardial recanalization in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), coronary microvascular obstruction and dysfunction (CMVO) is still fairly common and is associated with poor prognosis. Various pharmacological and mechanical strategies to treat CMVO have been proposed, but the positive results reported in preclinical and small proof-of-concept studies have not translated into benefits in large clinical trials conducted in the modern treatment setting of patients with STEMI. Therefore, the optimal management of these patients remains a topic of debate. In this Review, we appraise the pathophysiological mechanisms of CMVO, explore the evidence and provide future perspectives on strategies to be implemented to reduce the incidence of CMVO and improve prognosis in patients with STEMI.
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- Mattia Galli
- Department of Cardiology, Maria Cecilia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Cotignola, Italy
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- Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Institut Clinic Cardiovascular, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS Italian Cardiology Network, Genova, Italy
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- Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
- Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS Italian Cardiology Network, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
- Division of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria 'Maggiore Della Carita', Novara, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Cardiovascular Disease Unit, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, IRCCS Italian Cardiology Network, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciencies, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, Division of Cardiology - Heart and Vascular Center, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciencies, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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Eickelmann C, Lieder HR, Sturek M, Heusch G, Kleinbongard P. Differences in vasomotor function of mesenteric arteries between Ossabaw minipigs with predisposition to metabolic syndrome and Göttingen minipigs. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2024; 326:H408-H417. [PMID: 38133620 PMCID: PMC11219054 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00719.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Metabolic syndrome predisposes and contributes to the development and progression of atherosclerosis. The minipig strain "Ossabaw" is characterized by a predisposition to develop metabolic syndrome. We compared vasomotor function in Ossabaw minipigs before they developed their diseased phenotype to that of Göttingen minipigs without such genetic predisposition. Mesenteric arteries of adult Ossabaw and Göttingen minipigs were dissected postmortem and mounted on a myograph for isometric force measurements. Maximal vasoconstriction to potassium chloride (KClmax) was induced. Cumulative concentration-response curves were determined in response to norepinephrine. Endothelium-dependent (with carbachol) and endothelium-independent (with nitroprusside) vasodilation were analyzed after preconstriction by norepinephrine. In a bioinformatic analysis, variants/altered base pairs within genes associated with cardiovascular disease were analyzed. KClmax was similar between the minipig strains (15.6 ± 6.7 vs. 14.1 ± 3.4 ΔmN). Vasoconstriction in response to norepinephrine was more pronounced in Ossabaw than in Göttingen minipigs (increase of force to 143 ± 48 vs. 108 ± 38% of KClmax). Endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent vasodilation were less pronounced in Ossabaw than in Göttingen minipigs (decrease of force to 46.4 ± 29.6 vs. 16.0 ± 18.4% and to 36.7 ± 25.2 vs. 2.3 ± 3.7% of norepinephrine-induced preconstriction). Vasomotor function was not different between the sexes. More altered base pairs/variants were identified in Ossabaw than in Göttingen minipigs for the exon encoding adrenoceptor-α1A. Vasomotor function in lean Ossabaw minipigs is shifted toward vasoconstriction and away from vasodilation in comparison with Göttingen minipigs, suggesting a genetic predisposition for vascular dysfunction and atherosclerosis in Ossabaw minipigs. Thus, Ossabaw minipigs may be a better model for human cardiovascular disease than Göttingen minipigs.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Animal models with a predisposition to metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis are attracting growing interest for translational research, as they may better mimic the variability of patients with cardiovascular disease. In Ossabaw minipigs, with a polygenic predisposition to metabolic syndrome, but without the diseased phenotype, vasoconstriction is more and vasodilation is less pronounced in mesenteric arteries than in Göttingen minipigs. Ossabaw minipigs may be a more suitable model of human cardiovascular disease.
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- Chantal Eickelmann
- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- CorVus Biomedical, LLC, and CorVus Foundation, Inc., Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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Ndrepepa G, Kastrati A. Coronary No-Reflow after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-Current Knowledge on Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, Clinical Impact and Therapy. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5592. [PMID: 37685660 PMCID: PMC10488607 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12175592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Coronary no-reflow (CNR) is a frequent phenomenon that develops in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) following reperfusion therapy. CNR is highly dynamic, develops gradually (over hours) and persists for days to weeks after reperfusion. Microvascular obstruction (MVO) developing as a consequence of myocardial ischemia, distal embolization and reperfusion-related injury is the main pathophysiological mechanism of CNR. The frequency of CNR or MVO after primary PCI differs widely depending on the sensitivity of the tools used for diagnosis and timing of examination. Coronary angiography is readily available and most convenient to diagnose CNR but it is highly conservative and underestimates the true frequency of CNR. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is the most sensitive method to diagnose MVO and CNR that provides information on the presence, localization and extent of MVO. CMR imaging detects intramyocardial hemorrhage and accurately estimates the infarct size. MVO and CNR markedly negate the benefits of reperfusion therapy and contribute to poor clinical outcomes including adverse remodeling of left ventricle, worsening or new congestive heart failure and reduced survival. Despite extensive research and the use of therapies that target almost all known pathophysiological mechanisms of CNR, no therapy has been found that prevents or reverses CNR and provides consistent clinical benefit in patients with STEMI undergoing reperfusion. Currently, the prevention or alleviation of MVO and CNR remain unmet goals in the therapy of STEMI that continue to be under intense research.
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- Gjin Ndrepepa
- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Lazarettstrasse 36, 80636 Munich, Germany;
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- Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Lazarettstrasse 36, 80636 Munich, Germany;
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Penna C, Comità S, Tullio F, Alloatti G, Pagliaro P. Challenges facing the clinical translation of cardioprotection: 35 years after the discovery of ischemic preconditioning. Vascul Pharmacol 2022; 144:106995. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2022.106995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Ischemia preconditioning alleviates ischemia/reperfusion injury-induced coronary no-reflow and contraction of microvascular pericytes in rats. Microvasc Res 2022; 142:104349. [PMID: 35240123 DOI: 10.1016/j.mvr.2022.104349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Ischemia preconditioning (IPC) ameliorates coronary no-reflow induced by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury, and pericytes play an important role in microvascular function. However, it is unclear whether IPC exerts a protective effect on coronary microcirculation and regulates the pericytes. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess whether IPC improves coronary microvascular perfusion and reduces pericyte constriction after myocardial I/R injury. METHODS Rats were randomly divided into three groups: the sham group, the I/R group, and the IPC + I/R group. The left anterior descending artery (LAD) of rats in the I/R group were ligated for 45 min, and the rats in the IPC + I/R group received 4 episodes of 6min occlusion followed by 6min reperfusion before the LAD was ligated. After 24 h of reperfusion, the area of no-reflow, and area at risk were evaluated with thioflavin-S and Evens blue staining, and infarct size with triphenyl tetrazolium chloride staining, respectively. Besides, fluorescent microspheres were perfused to enable visualization of the non-obstructed coronary vessels. Cardiac pericytes and microvascular were observed by immunofluorescence, and the diameter of microvascular at the site of the pericyte somata was analyzed. RESULTS The infarct size, and area of no-reflow in the IPC + I/R group were significantly reduced compared with the I/R group (infarct size, 33.5% ± 11.9% vs. 49.2% ± 9.4%, p = 0.021;no-reflow, 12.7% ± 5.2% vs. 26.6% ± 5.0%, p < 0.001). IPC improved microvascular perfusion and reduced the percentage of the blocked coronary capillary. Moreover, we found that cardiac pericytes were widely distributed around the microvascular in various regions of the heart, and expressed the contractile protein α-smooth muscle actin. The microvascular lumen diameter at pericyte somata was reduced after I/R (4.3 ± 1.0 μm vs. 6.5 ± 1.2 μm, p < 0.001), which was relieved in IPC + I/R group compared with the I/R group (5.2 ± 1.0 μm vs. 4.3 ± 1.0 μm, p < 0.001). Besides, IPC could reduce the proportion of apoptotic pericytes compared to the I/R group (22.1% ± 8.4% vs. 38.5% ± 7.5%, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION IPC reduced no-reflow and inhibited the contraction of microvascular pericytes induced by cardiac I/R injury, suggesting that IPC might play a protective role by regulating the pericyte function.
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Mechanical stress from haemodynamic perturbations or interventional manipulation of epicardial coronary atherosclerotic plaques with inflammatory destabilization can release particulate debris, thrombotic material and soluble substances into the coronary circulation. The physical material obstructs the coronary microcirculation, whereas the soluble substances induce endothelial dysfunction and facilitate vasoconstriction. Coronary microvascular obstruction and dysfunction result in patchy microinfarcts accompanied by an inflammatory reaction, both of which contribute to progressive myocardial contractile dysfunction. In clinical studies, the benefit of protection devices to retrieve atherothrombotic debris during percutaneous coronary interventions has been modest, and the treatment of microembolization has mostly relied on antiplatelet and vasodilator agents. The past 25 years have witnessed a relative proportional increase in non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the presentation of acute coronary syndromes. An associated increase in the incidence of plaque erosion rather than rupture has also been recognized as a key mechanism in the past decade. We propose that coronary microembolization is a decisive link between plaque erosion at the culprit lesion and the manifestation of non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. In this Review, we characterize the features and mechanisms of coronary microembolization and discuss the clinical trials of drugs and devices for prevention and treatment.
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- Petra Kleinbongard
- grid.5718.b0000 0001 2187 5445Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- grid.5718.b0000 0001 2187 5445Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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Bellis A, Mauro C, Barbato E, Di Gioia G, Sorriento D, Trimarco B, Morisco C. The Rationale of Neprilysin Inhibition in Prevention of Myocardial Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury during ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Cells 2020; 9:cells9092134. [PMID: 32967374 PMCID: PMC7565478 DOI: 10.3390/cells9092134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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During the last three decades, timely myocardial reperfusion using either thrombolytic therapy or primary percutaneous intervention (pPCI) has allowed amazing improvements in outcomes with a more than halving in 1-year ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) mortality. However, mortality and left ventricle (LV) remodeling remain substantial in these patients. As such, novel therapeutic interventions are required to reduce myocardial infarction size, preserve LV systolic function, and improve survival in reperfused-STEMI patients. Myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI) prevention represents the main goal to reach in order to reduce STEMI mortality. There is currently no effective therapy for MIRI prevention in STEMI patients. A significant reason for the weak and inconsistent results obtained in this field may be the presence of multiple, partially redundant, mechanisms of cell death during ischemia-reperfusion, whose relative importance may depend on the conditions. Therefore, it is always more recognized that it is important to consider a "multi-targeted cardioprotective therapy", defined as an additive or synergistic cardioprotective agents or interventions directed to distinct targets with different timing of application (before, during, or after pPCI). Given that some neprilysin (NEP) substrates (natriuretic peptides, angiotensin II, bradykinin, apelins, substance P, and adrenomedullin) exert a cardioprotective effect against ischemia-reperfusion injury, it is conceivable that antagonism of proteolytic activity by this enzyme may be considered in a multi-targeted strategy for MIRI prevention. In this review, by starting from main pathophysiological mechanisms promoting MIRI, we discuss cardioprotective effects of NEP substrates and the potential benefit of NEP pharmacological inhibition in MIRI prevention.
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- Alessandro Bellis
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università FEDERICO II, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (A.B.); (E.B.); (G.D.G.); (D.S.); (B.T.)
- Unità Operativa Complessa Cardiologia con UTIC ed Emodinamica—Dipartimento Emergenza Accettazione, Azienda Ospedaliera “Antonio Cardarelli”, 80131 Napoli, Italy;
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- Unità Operativa Complessa Cardiologia con UTIC ed Emodinamica—Dipartimento Emergenza Accettazione, Azienda Ospedaliera “Antonio Cardarelli”, 80131 Napoli, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università FEDERICO II, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (A.B.); (E.B.); (G.D.G.); (D.S.); (B.T.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università FEDERICO II, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (A.B.); (E.B.); (G.D.G.); (D.S.); (B.T.)
- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Montevergine Clinic, 83013 Mercogliano (AV), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università FEDERICO II, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (A.B.); (E.B.); (G.D.G.); (D.S.); (B.T.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università FEDERICO II, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (A.B.); (E.B.); (G.D.G.); (D.S.); (B.T.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche Avanzate, Università FEDERICO II, 80131 Napoli, Italy; (A.B.); (E.B.); (G.D.G.); (D.S.); (B.T.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-081-746-2253; Fax: +39-081-746-2256
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Despite the increasing use and success of interventional coronary reperfusion strategies, morbidity and mortality from acute myocardial infarction are still substantial. Myocardial infarct size is a major determinant of prognosis in these patients. Therefore, cardioprotective strategies aim to reduce infarct size. However, a perplexing gap exists between the many preclinical studies reporting infarct size reduction with mechanical and pharmacological interventions and the poor translation into better clinical outcomes in patients. This Review revisits the pathophysiology of myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury, including the role of autophagy and forms of cell death such as necrosis, apoptosis, necroptosis and pyroptosis. Other cellular compartments in addition to cardiomyocytes are addressed, notably the coronary microcirculation. Preclinical and clinical research developments in mechanical and pharmacological approaches to induce cardioprotection, and their signal transduction pathways, are discussed. Additive cardioprotective interventions are advocated. For clinical translation into treatments for patients with acute myocardial infarction, who typically are of advanced age, have comorbidities and are receiving several medications, not only infarct size reduction but also attenuation of coronary microvascular obstruction, as well as longer-term targets including infarct repair and reverse remodelling, must be considered to improve patient outcomes. Future clinical trials must focus on patients who really need adjunct cardioprotection, that is, those with severe haemodynamic alterations.
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Heusch G. Coronary microvascular obstruction: the new frontier in cardioprotection. Basic Res Cardiol 2019; 114:45. [DOI: 10.1007/s00395-019-0756-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Caccioppo A, Franchin L, Grosso A, Angelini F, D'Ascenzo F, Brizzi MF. Ischemia Reperfusion Injury: Mechanisms of Damage/Protection and Novel Strategies for Cardiac Recovery/Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5024. [PMID: 31614414 PMCID: PMC6834134 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20205024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Ischemic diseases in an aging population pose a heavy social encumbrance. Moreover, current therapeutic approaches, which aimed to prevent or minimize ischemia-induced damage, are associated with relevant costs for healthcare systems. Early reperfusion by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) has undoubtedly improved patient's outcomes; however, the prevention of long-term complications is still an unmet need. To face these hurdles and improve patient's outcomes, novel pharmacological and interventional approaches, alone or in combination, reducing myocardium oxygen consumption or supplying blood flow via collateral vessels have been proposed. A number of clinical trials are ongoing to validate their efficacy on patient's outcomes. Alternative options, including stem cell-based therapies, have been evaluated to improve cardiac regeneration and prevent scar formation. However, due to the lack of long-term engraftment, more recently, great attention has been devoted to their paracrine mediators, including exosomes (Exo) and microvesicles (MV). Indeed, Exo and MV are both currently considered to be one of the most promising therapeutic strategies in regenerative medicine. As a matter of fact, MV and Exo that are released from stem cells of different origin have been evaluated for their healing properties in ischemia reperfusion (I/R) settings. Therefore, this review will first summarize mechanisms of cardiac damage and protection after I/R damage to track the paths through which more appropriate interventional and/or molecular-based targeted therapies should be addressed. Moreover, it will provide insights on novel non-invasive/invasive interventional strategies and on Exo-based therapies as a challenge for improving patient's long-term complications. Finally, approaches for improving Exo healing properties, and topics still unsolved to move towards Exo clinical application will be discussed.
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- Andrea Caccioppo
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Torino, Italy.
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Heusch G, Gersh BJ. The pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction and strategies of protection beyond reperfusion: a continual challenge. Eur Heart J 2018; 38:774-784. [PMID: 27354052 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The incidence of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has decreased over the last two decades in developed countries, but mortality from STEMI despite widespread access to reperfusion therapy is still substantial as is the development of heart failure, particularly among an expanding older population. In developing countries, the incidence of STEMI is increasing and interventional reperfusion is often not available. We here review the pathophysiology of acute myocardial infarction and reperfusion, notably the temporal and spatial evolution of ischaemic and reperfusion injury, the different modes of cell death, and the resulting coronary microvascular dysfunction. We then go on to briefly characterize the cardioprotective phenomena of ischaemic preconditioning, ischaemic postconditioning, and remote ischaemic conditioning and their underlying signal transduction pathways. We discuss in detail the attempts to translate conditioning strategies and drug therapy into the clinical setting. Most attempts have failed so far to reduce infarct size and improve clinical outcomes in STEMI patients, and we discuss potential reasons for such failure. Currently, it appears that remote ischaemic conditioning and a few drugs (atrial natriuretic peptide, exenatide, metoprolol, and esmolol) reduce infarct size, but studies with clinical outcome as primary endpoint are still underway.
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- Gerd Heusch
- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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Coronary microembolization and microvascular dysfunction. Int J Cardiol 2018; 258:17-23. [PMID: 29429637 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Plaque erosion, fissuring or rupture occurs spontaneously or during coronary interventions. At some residual blood flow, the atherothrombotic debris is washed into the coronary microcirculation, causing physical obstruction, vasoconstriction, inflammation and ultimately microinfarction. Coronary microembolization also contributes to microvascular obstruction in reperfused acute myocardial infarction. Patients with microvascular obstruction after reperfused myocardial infarction have worse prognosis. Cardioprotective strategies to avoid acute coronary microembolization and rescue myocardium from microvascular obstruction have not yet been established in clinical practice. Subclinical coronary microembolization together with release of thrombogenic, vasoconstrictor and inflammatory substances from a culprit lesion can sensitize the coronary microcirculation and contribute to angina in the absence of major epicardial coronary obstruction. Repetitive coronary microembolization can induce progressive loss of functional cardiomyocytes and induce heart failure in the absence of overt myocardial infarction.
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The atherosclerotic coronary vasculature is not only the culprit but also a victim of myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury. Manifestations of such injury are increased vascular permeability and edema, endothelial dysfunction and impaired vasomotion, microembolization of atherothrombotic debris, stasis with intravascular cell aggregates, and finally, in its most severe form, capillary destruction with hemorrhage. In animal experiments, local and remote ischemic pre- and postconditioning not only reduce infarct size but also these manifestations of coronary vascular injury, as do drugs which recruit signal transduction steps of conditioning. Clinically, no-reflow is frequently seen after interventional reperfusion, and it carries an adverse prognosis. The translation of cardioprotective interventions to clinical practice has been difficult to date. Only 4 drugs (brain natriuretic peptide, exenatide, metoprolol, and esmolol) stand unchallenged to date in reducing infarct size in patients with reperfused acute myocardial infarction; unfortunately, for these drugs, no information on their impact on the ischemic/reperfused coronary circulation is available.
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- Gerd Heusch
- From the Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, University of Essen, Essen, Germany.
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Lieder HR, Baars T, Kahlert P, Kleinbongard P. Aspirate from human stented saphenous vein grafts induces epicardial coronary vasoconstriction and impairs perfusion and left ventricular function in rat bioassay hearts with pharmacologically induced endothelial dysfunction. Physiol Rep 2017; 4:4/15/e12874. [PMID: 27482071 PMCID: PMC4985543 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Stent implantation into aortocoronary saphenous vein grafts (SVG) releases particulate debris and soluble vasoactive mediators, for example, serotonin. We now analyzed effects of the soluble mediators released into the coronary arterial blood during stent implantation on vasomotion of isolated rat epicardial coronary artery segments and on coronary flow and left ventricular developed pressure in isolated perfused rat hearts. Coronary blood was retrieved during percutaneous SVG intervention using a distal occlusion/aspiration protection device in nine symptomatic patients with stable angina pectoris and a flow‐limiting SVG stenosis. The blood was separated into particulate debris and plasma. Responses to coronary plasma were determined in isolated rat epicardial coronary arteries and in isolated, constant pressure‐perfused rat hearts (±nitric oxide synthase [NOS] inhibition and ±serotonin receptor blockade, respectively). Coronary aspirate plasma taken after stent implantation induced a stronger vasoconstriction of rat epicardial coronary arteries (52 ± 8% of maximal potassium chloride induced vasoconstriction [% KClmax = 100%]) than plasma taken before stent implantation (12 ± 8% of KClmax); NOS inhibition augmented this vasoconstrictor response (to 110 ± 15% and 24 ± 9% of KClmax). Coronary aspirate plasma taken after stent implantation reduced in isolated perfused rat hearts only under NOS inhibition coronary flow by 17 ± 3% and left ventricular developed pressure by 25 ± 4%. Blockade of serotonin receptors abrogated these effects. Coronary aspirate plasma taken after stent implantation induces vasoconstriction in isolated rat epicardial coronary arteries and reduces coronary flow and left ventricular developed pressure in isolated perfused rat hearts with pharmacologically induced endothelial dysfunction.
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- Helmut R Lieder
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum, Essen, Germany
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- Klinik für Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum, Essen, Germany
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- Klinik für Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum, Essen, Germany
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- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen Westdeutsches Herz- und Gefäßzentrum, Essen, Germany
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Hildebrandt H, Patsalis P, Al-Rashid F, Neuhäuser M, Rassaf T, Heusch G, Kahlert P, Kleinbongard P. Quantification and characterisation of released plaque material during bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation into right coronary artery lesions by multimodality intracoronary imaging. EUROINTERVENTION 2016; 12:1481-1489. [DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-15-00207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Baars T, Kahlert P, Baars A, Preibsch H, Rassaf T, Heusch G, Kleinbongard P. Influence of stent implantation on erythrocyte aggregation in human native coronary arteries and saphenous vein grafts. Microcirculation 2016; 23:637-645. [PMID: 27736045 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Theodor Baars
- Institute for Pathophysiology; West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen; University of Essen Medical School; Essen Germany
- Institute for Clinic of Cardiology; West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen; University of Essen Medical School; Essen Germany
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- Institute for Clinic of Cardiology; West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen; University of Essen Medical School; Essen Germany
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- Department of Biomimetics; Hochschule of Bremen; City University of Applied Science; Bremen Germany
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- Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology; University Hospital Tuebingen; Tuebingen Germany
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- Institute for Clinic of Cardiology; West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen; University of Essen Medical School; Essen Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology; West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen; University of Essen Medical School; Essen Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology; West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen; University of Essen Medical School; Essen Germany
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Heusch G. Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Ischemic and Pharmacological Postconditioning. Compr Physiol 2016; 5:1123-45. [PMID: 26140711 DOI: 10.1002/cphy.c140075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Timely reperfusion is the only way to salvage ischemic myocardium from impending infarction. However, reperfusion also adds a further component to myocardial injury such that the ultimate infarct size is the result of both ischemia- and reperfusion-induced injury. Modification of reperfusion can attenuate reperfusion injury and thus reduce infarct size. Ischemic postconditioning is a maneuver of repeated brief interruption of reperfusion by short-lasting coronary occlusions which results in reduced infarct size. Cardioprotection by ischemic postconditioning is mediated through delayed reversal of acidosis and the activation of a complex signal transduction cascade, including triggers such as adenosine, bradykinin, and opioids, mediators such as protein kinases and, notably, mitochondrial function as effector. Inhibition of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore appears to be a final signaling step of ischemic postconditioning. Several drugs which recruit in part such signaling steps of ischemic postconditioning can induce cardioprotection, even when the drug is only administered at reperfusion, that is, there is also pharmacological postconditioning. Ischemic and pharmacological postconditioning have been translated to patients with acute myocardial infarction in proof-of-concept studies, but further mechanistic insight is needed to optimize the conditions and algorithms of cardioprotection by postconditioning.
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- Gerd Heusch
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, West German Heart and Vascular Center, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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Ferdinandy P, Hausenloy DJ, Heusch G, Baxter GF, Schulz R. Interaction of risk factors, comorbidities, and comedications with ischemia/reperfusion injury and cardioprotection by preconditioning, postconditioning, and remote conditioning. Pharmacol Rev 2015; 66:1142-74. [PMID: 25261534 DOI: 10.1124/pr.113.008300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 461] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Pre-, post-, and remote conditioning of the myocardium are well described adaptive responses that markedly enhance the ability of the heart to withstand a prolonged ischemia/reperfusion insult and provide therapeutic paradigms for cardioprotection. Nevertheless, more than 25 years after the discovery of ischemic preconditioning, we still do not have established cardioprotective drugs on the market. Most experimental studies on cardioprotection are still undertaken in animal models, in which ischemia/reperfusion is imposed in the absence of cardiovascular risk factors. However, ischemic heart disease in humans is a complex disorder caused by, or associated with, cardiovascular risk factors and comorbidities, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, insulin resistance, heart failure, altered coronary circulation, and aging. These risk factors induce fundamental alterations in cellular signaling cascades that affect the development of ischemia/reperfusion injury per se and responses to cardioprotective interventions. Moreover, some of the medications used to treat these risk factors, including statins, nitrates, and antidiabetic drugs, may impact cardioprotection by modifying cellular signaling. The aim of this article is to review the recent evidence that cardiovascular risk factors and their medication may modify the response to cardioprotective interventions. We emphasize the critical need to take into account the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and concomitant medications when designing preclinical studies for the identification and validation of cardioprotective drug targets and clinical studies. This will hopefully maximize the success rate of developing rational approaches to effective cardioprotective therapies for the majority of patients with multiple risk factors.
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- Péter Ferdinandy
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (P.F.); Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged and Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary (P.F.); The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); Institute for Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany (G.H.); Division of Pharmacology, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (G.F.B.); and Institute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (P.F.); Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged and Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary (P.F.); The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); Institute for Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany (G.H.); Division of Pharmacology, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (G.F.B.); and Institute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (P.F.); Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged and Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary (P.F.); The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); Institute for Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany (G.H.); Division of Pharmacology, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (G.F.B.); and Institute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (P.F.); Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged and Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary (P.F.); The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); Institute for Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany (G.H.); Division of Pharmacology, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (G.F.B.); and Institute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (R.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (P.F.); Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged and Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary (P.F.); The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom (D.J.H.); Institute for Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany (G.H.); Division of Pharmacology, Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom (G.F.B.); and Institute of Physiology, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany (R.S.)
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Coronary artery calcification - predictor or player in the no-reflow phenomenon? Coron Artery Dis 2015; 26:553-4. [PMID: 26401994 DOI: 10.1097/mca.0000000000000270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Horn P, Baars T, Kahlert P, Heiss C, Westenfeld R, Kelm M, Erbel R, Heusch G, Kleinbongard P. Release of Intracoronary Microparticles during Stent Implantation into Stable Atherosclerotic Lesions under Protection with an Aspiration Device. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0124904. [PMID: 25915510 PMCID: PMC4411166 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Stent implantation into atherosclerotic coronary vessels impacts on downstream microvascular function and induces the release of particulate debris and soluble substances, which differs qualitatively and quantitatively between native right coronary arteries (RCAs) and saphenous vein grafts on right coronary arteries (SVG-RCAs). We have now quantified the release of microparticles (MPs) during stent implantation into stable atherosclerotic lesions and compared the release between RCAs and SVG-RCAs. METHODS In symptomatic, male patients with stable angina and a stenosis in their RCA or SVG-RCA, respectively (n = 14/14), plaque volume and composition were analyzed using intravascular ultrasound before stent implantation. Coronary aspirate was retrieved during stent implantation with a distal occlusion/aspiration device and divided into particulate debris and plasma. Particulate debris was weighed. Platelet-derived MPs (PMPs) were distinguished by flow cytometry as CD41+, endothelium-derived MPs (EMPs) as CD144+, CD62E+ and CD31+/CD41-, leukocyte-derived MPs as CD45+, and erythrocyte-derived MPs as CD235+. RESULTS In patients with comparable plaque volume and composition in RCAs and SVG-RCAs, intracoronary PMPs and EMPs were increased after stent implantation into their RCAs and SVG-RCAs (CD41+: 2729.6 ± 645.6 vs. 4208.7 ± 679.4 and 2355.9 ± 503.9 vs. 3285.8 ± 733.2 nr/µL; CD144+: 451.5 ± 87.9 vs. 861.7 ± 147.0 and 444.6 ± 74.8 vs. 726.5 ± 136.4 nr/µL; CD62E+: 1404.1 ± 247.7 vs. 1844.3 ± 378.6 and 1084.6 ± 211.0 vs. 1783.8 ± 384.3 nr/µL, P < 0.05), but not different between RCAs and SVG-RCAs. CONCLUSION Stenting in stable atherosclerotic lesions is associated with a substantial release not only of PMPs, but also of EMPs in RCAs and SVG-RCAs. Their release does not differ between RCAs and SVG-RCAs. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01430884.
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- Patrick Horn
- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
- Clinic for Cardiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany
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- Clinic for Cardiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Pathophysiology, West German Heart and Vascular Centre Essen, University of Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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Ibáñez B, Heusch G, Ovize M, Van de Werf F. Evolving Therapies for Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015; 65:1454-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2015.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 527] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Gerd Heusch
- Institute for Pathophysiology, University of Essen Medical School
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Heusch G, Libby P, Gersh B, Yellon D, Böhm M, Lopaschuk G, Opie L. Cardiovascular remodelling in coronary artery disease and heart failure. Lancet 2014; 383:1933-43. [PMID: 24831770 PMCID: PMC4330973 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(14)60107-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 531] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Remodelling is a response of the myocardium and vasculature to a range of potentially noxious haemodynamic, metabolic, and inflammatory stimuli. Remodelling is initially functional, compensatory, and adaptive but, when sustained, progresses to structural changes that become self-perpetuating and pathogenic. Remodelling involves responses not only of the cardiomyocytes, endothelium, and vascular smooth muscle cells, but also of interstitial cells and matrix. In this Review we characterise the remodelling processes in atherosclerosis, vascular and myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury, and heart failure, and we draw attention to potential avenues for innovative therapeutic approaches, including conditioning and metabolic strategies.
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- Gerd Heusch
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA
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- The Hatter Cardiovascular Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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- Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
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