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Bornstein MR, Tian R, Arany Z. Human cardiac metabolism. Cell Metab 2024; 36:1456-1481. [PMID: 38959861 PMCID: PMC11290709 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2024.06.003] [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: 01/06/2024] [Revised: 04/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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The heart is the most metabolically active organ in the human body, and cardiac metabolism has been studied for decades. However, the bulk of studies have focused on animal models. The objective of this review is to summarize specifically what is known about cardiac metabolism in humans. Techniques available to study human cardiac metabolism are first discussed, followed by a review of human cardiac metabolism in health and in heart failure. Mechanistic insights, where available, are reviewed, and the evidence for the contribution of metabolic insufficiency to heart failure, as well as past and current attempts at metabolism-based therapies, is also discussed.
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- Marc R Bornstein
- Cardiovascular Institute Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Marchandise S, Roelants V, Raoult T, Garnir Q, Scavée C, Varnavas V, Wauters A, Gruson D, Nellessen E, Hesse M, Beauloye C, Gerber BL. Left Atrial Glucose Metabolism Evaluation by 18F-FDG-PET in Persistent Atrial Fibrillation and in Sinus Rhythm. JACC Basic Transl Sci 2024; 9:459-471. [PMID: 38680960 PMCID: PMC11055205 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2023.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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The role of atrial metabolism alterations for initiation and atrial fibrillation (AF) persistence remains poorly understood. Therefore, we evaluated left atrial glucose metabolism by nicotinic acid derivative stimulated 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in 36 patients with persistent AF undergoing catheter ablation before and 3 months after return to sinus rhythm and compared values against healthy controls. Under identical hemodynamics and metabolic conditions, and although left ventricular FDG uptake remained unchanged, patients in persistent AF presented significantly higher total left atrial and left atrial appendage uptake, which decreased significantly after return to sinus rhythm, despite improvement of passive and active atrial contractile function. These findings support a role of altered glucose metabolism and metabolic wasting underlying the pathophysiology of persistent AF.
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- Sébastien Marchandise
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pole Molecular Imaging, Radiotherapy & Oncology (MIRO), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pole Molecular Imaging, Radiotherapy & Oncology (MIRO), Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Pôle de Recherche Cardiovasculaire (CARD), Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Sayyed A, Das S, Das P, Shales S, Kapoor L, Saha A, Narayan P. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for myocardial viability assessment: Optimizing surgical revascularization in ischemic heart disease. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2023; 31:691-698. [PMID: 37649279 DOI: 10.1177/02184923231199147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with poor ejection fraction undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting carry higher operative risk and have poor long-term survival. Cardiac magnetic resonance is a useful modality to assess viability which can identify patients likely to benefit most from revascularization. In this study, we aimed to assess the outcome in patients selected for surgical revascularization by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and identify predictors associated with poor outcomes. METHODS The study included patients with severely impaired left ventricular function but with at least six viable segments. Patients requiring emergency surgery, undergoing combined procedures, or where cardiopulmonary bypass was required were excluded. Cardiac magnetic resonance was carried out both preoperatively and at six months postoperatively by the same radiologist in all cases. Late gadolinium enhancement was used for the evaluation of myocardial viability. RESULTS Amongst a total of 493 segments studied, there were 89 (18.1%) non-viable, 117 (23.7%) hibernating and 287 (58.2%) viable segments. At six months, the number of non-viable segments changed from 89 (18.1%) to 97 (19.7%), with an increase in viable segments from 287 (58.2%) to 374 (75.8%) and a corresponding reduction of hibernating segments from 117 (23.7%) to 22 (4.5%). There was improvement in ejection fraction from 28 ± 5.54 to 37 ± 5.86 (p < 0.0001) in the entire cohort at six months. Overall mortality was 1 (3.2%). Preoperative left ventricular end-systolic volume had the strongest negative correlation with post-operative ejection fraction. CONCLUSION Cardiac magnetic resonance aided revascularization is associated with low mortality. Preoperative left ventricular end-systolic volume is an important determinant of postoperative ejection fraction.
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- Azhar Sayyed
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Narayana Health, Kolkata, India
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Wang J, Li JM, Li S, Hsu B. Absolute Resting 13N-Ammonia PET Myocardial Blood Flow for Predicting Myocardial Viability and Recovery of Ventricular Function after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. J Nucl Cardiol 2022; 29:987-999. [PMID: 33089879 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-020-02388-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of resting myocardial blood flow (rMBF), quantified with dynamic 13 N-Ammonia (NH3) PET, for identifying myocardial viability and predicting improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS Ninety-three patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and chronic LVEF < 45%, scheduled for CABG, had dynamic 13NH3 PET and 18F-FDG PET imaging. The perfusion/metabolism polar maps were categorized in four patterns: normal (N), mismatch (M1), match (M2) and reverse mismatch (RM). The value of rMBF for identifying viable myocardium (M1, RM) and post CABG improvement of LVEF≥8% was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves. Correlations of rMBF in segments to ΔLVEF post CABG were verified. RESULTS Mean rMBFs were significantly different (N=0.60±0.14; M1=0.44±0.07, M2=0.34±0.08, RM=0.53±0.09 ml/min/g, P<0.001). The optimal rMBF cutoff to identify viable myocardium was 0.42 ml/min/g (sensitivity=88.3%, specificity=82.0%) and 0.43 ml/min/g for predicting improvement of LVEF ≥8% (74.6%, 80.0%). The extent and rMBF of combined M1/RM demonstrated a moderate to high correlation to improved LVEF (r=0.78, 0.71, P<0.001). CONCLUSION Resting MBF, derived by dynamic 13NH3 PET, may be positioned as a supplement to 18F-FDG PET imaging for assessing the presence of viable myocardium and predicting potential improvement of LVEF after CABG.
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- Jiao Wang
- Teda International Cardiovascular Hospital Nuclear Medicine Department, Tianjin Medical University Clinical Cardiovascular Institute, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Teda International Cardiovascular Hospital Nuclear Medicine Department, Tianjin Medical University Clinical Cardiovascular Institute, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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- Teda International Cardiovascular Hospital Nuclear Medicine Department, Tianjin Medical University Clinical Cardiovascular Institute, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA.
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Mpanya D, Ayeni A, More S, Hadebe B, Sathekge M, Tsabedze N. The clinical utility of 2-deoxy-2-[18F]fluoro-d-glucose positron emission tomography in guiding myocardial revascularisation. Clin Transl Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s40336-021-00454-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Unlike acute myocardial infarction with reperfusion, in which infarct size is the end point reflecting irreversible injury, myocardial stunning and hibernation result from reversible myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury, and contractile dysfunction is the obvious end point. Stunned myocardium is characterized by a disproportionately long-lasting, yet fully reversible, contractile dysfunction that follows brief bouts of myocardial ischaemia. Reperfusion precipitates a burst of reactive oxygen species formation and alterations in excitation-contraction coupling, which interact and cause the contractile dysfunction. Hibernating myocardium is characterized by reduced regional contractile function and blood flow, which both recover after reperfusion or revascularization. Short-term myocardial hibernation is an adaptation of contractile function to the reduced blood flow such that energy and substrate metabolism recover during the ongoing ischaemia. Chronic myocardial hibernation is characterized by severe morphological alterations and altered expression of metabolic and pro-survival proteins. Myocardial stunning is observed clinically and must be recognized but is rarely haemodynamically compromising and does not require treatment. Myocardial hibernation is clinically identified with the use of imaging techniques, and the myocardium recovers after revascularization. Several trials in the past two decades have challenged the superiority of revascularization over medical therapy for symptomatic relief and prognosis in patients with chronic coronary syndromes. A better understanding of the pathophysiology of myocardial stunning and hibernation is important for a more precise indication of revascularization and its consequences. Therefore, this Review summarizes the current knowledge of the pathophysiology of these characteristic reperfusion phenomena and highlights their clinical implications.
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Lin HB, Naito K, Oh Y, Farber G, Kanaan G, Valaperti A, Dawood F, Zhang L, Li GH, Smyth D, Moon M, Liu Y, Liang W, Rotstein B, Philpott DJ, Kim KH, Harper ME, Liu PP. Innate Immune Nod1/RIP2 Signaling Is Essential for Cardiac Hypertrophy but Requires Mitochondrial Antiviral Signaling Protein for Signal Transductions and Energy Balance. Circulation 2020; 142:2240-2258. [PMID: 33070627 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.119.041213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac hypertrophy is a key biological response to injurious stresses such as pressure overload and, when excessive, can lead to heart failure. Innate immune activation by danger signals, through intracellular pattern recognition receptors such as nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain 1 (Nod1) and its adaptor receptor-interacting protein 2 (RIP2), might play a major role in cardiac remodeling and progression to heart failure. We hypothesize that Nod1/RIP2 are major contributors to cardiac hypertrophy, but may not be sufficient to fully express the phenotype alone. METHODS To elucidate the contribution of Nod1/RIP2 signaling to cardiac hypertrophy, we randomized Nod1-/-, RIP2-/-, or wild-type mice to transverse aortic constriction or sham operations. Cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and cardiac function were examined in these mice. RESULTS Nod1 and RIP2 proteins were upregulated in the heart after transverse aortic constriction, and this was paralleled by increased expression of mitochondrial proteins, including mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein (MAVS). Nod1-/- and RIP2-/- mice subjected to transverse aortic constriction exhibited better survival, improved cardiac function, and decreased cardiac hypertrophy. Downstream signal transduction pathways that regulate inflammation and fibrosis, including NF (nuclear factor) κB and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase)-GATA4/p300, were reduced in both Nod1-/- and RIP2-/- mice after transverse aortic constriction compared with wild-type mice. Coimmunoprecipitation of extracted cardiac proteins and confocal immunofluorescence microscopy showed that Nod1/RIP2 interaction was robust and that this complex also included MAVS as an essential component. Suppression of MAVS expression attenuated the complex formation, NF κB signaling, and myocyte hypertrophy. Interrogation of mitochondrial function compared in the presence or ablation of MAVS revealed that MAVS serves to suppress mitochondrial energy output and mediate fission/fusion related dynamic changes. The latter is possibly linked to mitophagy during cardiomyocytes stress, which may provide an intriguing link between innate immune activation and mitochondrial energy balance under stress or injury conditions. CONCLUSIONS We have identified that innate immune Nod1/RIP2 signaling is a major contributor to cardiac remodeling after stress. This process is critically joined by and regulated through the mitochondrial danger signal adapter MAVS. This novel complex coordinates remodeling, inflammatory response, and mitochondrial energy metabolism in stressed cardiomyocytes. Thus, Nod1/RIP2/MAVS signaling complex may represent an attractive new therapeutic approach toward heart failure.
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- Han-Bin Lin
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Cardiology, Keiyu Hospital, Yokohama, Japan (K.N.).,University Health Network (K.N., A.V., F.D., M.M., Y.L., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine (G.K., B.R., M.-E.H.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Immunology of the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland (A.V.).,University Health Network (K.N., A.V., F.D., M.M., Y.L., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- University Health Network (K.N., A.V., F.D., M.M., Y.L., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Science (M.M., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada.,University Health Network (K.N., A.V., F.D., M.M., Y.L., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- University Health Network (K.N., A.V., F.D., M.M., Y.L., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine (G.K., B.R., M.-E.H.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine (G.K., B.R., M.-E.H.), University of Ottawa, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute (H.-B.L., Y.O., G.F., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., B.R., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Departments of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine (H.-B.L., Y.O., L.Z., G.H.L., D.S., W.L., K.-H.K., P.P.L.), University of Ottawa, Canada.,Department of Physiology, Institute of Medical Science (M.M., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada.,University Health Network (K.N., A.V., F.D., M.M., Y.L., P.P.L.), University of Toronto, Canada
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Benz DC, von Dahlen AP, Huang W, Messerli M, von Felten E, Benetos G, Giannopoulos AA, Fuchs TA, Gräni C, Gebhard C, Pazhenkottil AP, Gaemperli O, Kaufmann PA, Buechel RR. No differences in rest myocardial blood flow in stunned and hibernating myocardium: insights into the pathophysiology of ischemic cardiomyopathy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2019; 46:2322-2328. [DOI: 10.1007/s00259-019-04440-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Studies from the 1990s and early 2000s documented the utility of dobutamine echocardiography for the prediction of functional recovery and prognosis with revascularization. The results of The Surgical Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure (STICH) trial called into question the value of viability assessment using dobutamine echocardiography. The purpose of this review is to re-examine the literature on dobutamine echocardiography, put into context the STICH results, and provide insight into the current role of dobutamine echocardiography viability testing. RECENT FINDINGS In contrast to the results of previous nonrandomized trials, the STICH trial showed that patients with viability defined by nuclear perfusion imaging or dobutamine echocardiography did not have improved survival with CABG compared with optimal medical therapy. Viability by dobutamine echocardiography was defined as the presence of contractile reserve in at least five segments with baseline dysfunction. The results of dobutamine echocardiography studies published before and after initiation of the STICH trial suggest that the definition of viability utilized in that trial may be suboptimal for assessment of improvement in global function and prognosis in patients undergoing revascularization. Assessment of global contractile reserve using wall motion score (WMS) or ejection fraction may be superior to utilization of a binary definition of viability confined to assessment of contractile reserve in a fixed number of segments because these indices provide information on both the magnitude and extent of contractile reserve of the entire left ventricle (LV). SUMMARY Assessment of WMS or ejection fraction with dobutamine echocardiography may be the optimal means of evaluating the impact of viability on prognosis.Video abstract http://links.lww.com/HCO/A56.
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- Abhishek Khemka
- Department of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine/Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Hu H, Li X, Ren D, Tan Y, Chen J, Yang L, Chen R, Li J, Zhu P. The cardioprotective effects of carvedilol on ischemia and reperfusion injury by AMPK signaling pathway. Biomed Pharmacother 2019; 117:109106. [PMID: 31200253 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2019.109106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Carvedilol, a third generation beta blocker, is in clinical use for heart failure patients. However, besides adrenergic receptor blockade, the pharmacological effects of carvedilol on cardiomyocytes remain unknown. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an emerging target recognized for heart failure treatment. The mechanical properties and intracellular Ca2+ properties were measured in isolated cardiomyocyte contractile functions in response to ischemic stress. Treatment of cardiomyocytes with carvedilol augmented phosphorylation of AMPK and downstream acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACC), and ameliorated hypoxia-induced impairment in maximal velocity of shortening (+dL/dt) and relengthening (-dL/dt), and the impaired peak height and peak shortening (PS) amplitude caused by hypoxia. Carvedilol treatment improved calcium homeostasis with rescuing the peak Ca2+ signal, the maximum rate of Ca2+ change during contraction (+dF/dt) and the maximum rate of Ca2+ change during relaxation (-dF/dt) under hypoxia conditions. In mouse hearts perfused ex vivo with carvedilol, the function of post-ischemia left ventricle was improved and an augmentation in myocardial glucose uptake and glucose oxidation, and inhibition of fatty acid oxidation during ischemia and reperfusion. The protective effect of carvedilol was further supported in an in vivo regional ischemia model by ligation of left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), mice treated with carvedilol followed by LAD occlusion and reperfusion showed significant size reduction in infarcted myocardium and improved cardiac functions. Therefore, Carvedilol as a clinical drug can modulate cardiac AMPK signaling pathway to reduce ischemic insults by ischemia and reperfusion.
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- Haiyan Hu
- Department of Cardiac surgery, Affiliated of South China Hospital, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital), Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou 510515, China; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mississippi Center for Heart Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States; Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mississippi Center for Heart Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mississippi Center for Heart Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Pediatric Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United states; Wendy L. Novak Diabetes Care Center, Louisville, KY, United States
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- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Mississippi Center for Heart Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States
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- Department of Cardiac surgery, Affiliated of South China Hospital, Southern Medical University (Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital), Southern Medical University/The Second School of Clinical Medicine, Guangzhou 510515, China; Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Allman KC. Noninvasive assessment myocardial viability: current status and future directions. J Nucl Cardiol 2013; 20:618-37; quiz 638-9. [PMID: 23771636 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-013-9737-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Observations of reversibility of cardiac contractile dysfunction in patients with coronary artery disease and ischemia were first made more than 40 years ago. Since that time a wealth of basic science and clinical data has been gathered exploring the mechanisms of this phenomenon of myocardial viability and relevance to clinical care of patients. Advances in cardiac imaging techniques have contributed greatly to knowledge in the area, first with thallium-201 imaging, then later with Tc-99m-based tracers for SPECT imaging and metabolic tracers used in conjunction with positron emission tomography (PET), most commonly F-18 FDG in conjunction with blood flow imaging with N-13 ammonia or Rb-82 Cl. In parallel, stress echocardiography has made great progress also. Over time observational studies in patients using these techniques accumulated and were later summarized in several meta-analyses. More recently, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has contributed further information in combination with either late gadolinium enhancement imaging or dobutamine stress. This review discusses the tracer and CMR imaging techniques, the pooled observational data, the results of clinical trials, and ongoing investigation in the field. It also examines some of the current challenges and issues for researchers and explores the emerging potential of combined PET/CMR imaging for myocardial viability.
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- Kevin C Allman
- Department of PET and Nuclear Medicine, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2050, Australia.
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Raja S, Singh B, Rohit MK, Manohar K, Kashyap R, Bhattacharya A, Mittal BR. Comparison of nitrate augmented Tc-99m tetrofosmin gated SPECT imaging with FDG PET imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction. J Nucl Cardiol 2012; 19:1176-81. [PMID: 22872319 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9607-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 07/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Of various nuclear medicine techniques, F-18/flourodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) is considered as the best modality for the assessment of viable myocardium (VM). In this study, we compared the diagnostic accuracy of nitrate augmented Tc-99m tetrofosmin gated G-single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with FDG PET. METHODS 54 consecutive cases of angiographically proven CAD with severe LV dysfunction were enrolled in the study. The patients underwent Tc-99m tetrofosmin G-SPECT and FDG PET as per the standard protocols and were compared. RESULTS SPECT data analysis indicated functional abnormalities in 661/918 myocardial segments. F-18 FDG PET revealed VM in 496/661 segments. The diagnostic accuracy of baseline NAC, postnitrate NAC, baseline AC, and postnitrate AC Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT was 84%, 87%, 90%, and 94%, respectively. κ values for NAC baseline, NAC postnitrate, AC baseline, and AC postnitrate Tc-99m tetrofosmin G-SPECT were 0.65, 0.70, 0.77, and 0.85, respectively. Attenuation correction revealed viability additionally in 46 segments which were non-viable on NAC postnitrate study (P < .001). Nitrate augmentation showed viability additionally in 25 segments which were non-viable on AC baseline scan (P = .004). On patient-based analysis FDG PET changes the management only in 13% (7/54) of patients. CONCLUSIONS Nitrate augmented AC Tc-99m tetrofosmin G-SPECT shows excellent (κ = .85) agreement with FDG PET. FDG PET changes management only in 13% of the patients. Tc-99m tetrofosmin G-SPECT being more widely available and cheaper imaging modality can be reliably used to detect VM where FDG PET is not available.
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- Senthil Raja
- Department of Nuclear Medicine & PET, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Gewirtz H. PET measurement of adenosine stimulated absolute myocardial blood flow for physiological assessment of the coronary circulation. J Nucl Cardiol 2012; 19:347-54. [PMID: 22231036 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9510-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Considerable awareness has been raised of late of the need to reduce radiation exposure and control costs of x-ray and radionuclide imaging procedures. PET/CT cameras are now widely available and in conjunction with appropriate radionuclides and commercially available software make quantitative measurement of absolute MBF feasible for routine clinical practice. Quantitative measurement of absolute MBF under condition of coronary vasodilation permits independent assessment of the functional status of each of the three major coronary perfusion zones and so obviates the need for rest MBF determination in the great majority of cases. Coronary microvascular function also may be assessed in this same way. Thus, the stress-only protocol with quantitative PET measurement of MBF provides essential information required for clinical decision making related to need for catheterization and intervention for patients with known or suspected ischemic heart disease. Moreover, the single PET determination of maximal MBF in contrast to the usual rest/stress procedure addresses both safety and cost concerns. The present review focuses on: (1) quantitative PET measurements of myocardial blood flow for physiological assessment of the coronary circulation and (2) the value and potential limitations of performing stress only imaging in the clinical context.
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- Henry Gewirtz
- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cardiac Unit/Yawkey 5E, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
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Grover S, Srinivasan G, Selvanayagam JB. Evaluation of myocardial viability with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2011; 54:204-14. [PMID: 22014488 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2011.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Assessment of myocardial viability is of clinical and scientific significance. Traditionally, the detection of myocardial viability (either stunning or hibernation) has been used in aiding diagnosis before revascularization, especially in high-risk patients. There is a considerable body of observational evidence showing substantial improvement after revascularization in patients with significant left ventricular dysfunction and myocardial viability. Recent randomized evidence has questioned the benefit of viability testing but must be interpreted with caution. Dobutamine stress echocardiography, nuclear imaging, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance are the mainstays of viability testing and provide information on contractile function, cellular metabolism, and myocardial fibrosis, respectively. Larger, multicenter trials with outcome data are needed to define the nature of viability testing and, particularly, cardiovascular magnetic resonance in moderate-to-severe ischemic cardiomyopathy.
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- Suchi Grover
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Australia
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Joshi K, Alam I, Ruden E, Gradus-Pizlo I, Mahenthiran J, Kamalesh M, Feigenbaum H, Sawada S. Effect of improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction on long-term survival in revascularized patients with ischaemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 2011; 12:454-60. [PMID: 21551152 DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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AIMS The importance of improvement in the ejection fraction to the prognosis of revascularized patients with ischaemic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is uncertain. METHODS AND RESULTS Eighty-seven patients with ischaemic LV dysfunction (mean ejection fraction 29 ± 8% by biplane Simpson's) had dobutamine echocardiography before revascularization (coronary bypass graft surgery-81, percutaneous intervention-6). Follow-up echocardiograms were performed a mean of 4.8 ± 6.2 months after revascularization. An 8% increase in the ejection fraction was considered significant (two times the inter-observer difference of 3.7%). Patients were followed for cardiac death. During a mean follow-up of 5.2 ± 3.9 years, there were 20 (23%) cardiac deaths. Class 3/4 heart failure, increasing low-dose wall motion score, increasing % non-viable myocardium, and digoxin use in follow-up were univariate predictors of death. Beta-blocker use, ejection fraction improvement, angina, aspirin use, and increasing fractional shortening were univariate predictors of survival. Ejection fraction improvement [P= 0.02, hazard ratio (HR) = 0.26], digoxin use in follow-up (P= 0.006, HR = 5.85), and low-dose wall motion score (P= 0.017, HR = 4.78) were independent predictors of outcome. In step-wise analysis, low-dose wall motion score added incremental prognostic value to ejection fraction improvement (P= 0.003), and digoxin use in follow-up (P= 0.003) added incremental value to a low-dose score and ejection fraction improvement. CONCLUSION Ejection fraction improvement is an independent predictor of long-term outcome in revascularized patients but viability (low-dose wall motion score) and digoxin use in follow-up are also independent predictors and add incremental prognostic value to ejection fraction improvement.
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- Kruti Joshi
- Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1801 North Senate Blvd., M.P.C. II, Suite D4082, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Cardiac PET: A Versatile, Quantitative Measurement Tool for Heart Failure Management. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2011; 4:292-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Nihoyannopoulos P, Vanoverschelde JL. Myocardial ischaemia and viability: the pivotal role of echocardiography. Eur Heart J 2011; 32:810-9. [PMID: 21297129 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Echocardiography has a central role for the diagnosis and management of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Besides the fact that it provides an essential role in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with chest pain in the emergency department, echocardiography provides a comprehensive non-invasive haemodynamic and functional assessment of those patients. Stress echocardiography in many institutions is now the preferred stress modality associated with imaging as it is cost-effective and does not use ionizing radiation. It is used for assessing patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, risk stratification and for assessing myocardial viability. The recent introductions of ultrasound contrast agents as well as deformation imaging techniques have eliminated the last limitations of stress echocardiography such as image quality and quantification, respectively.
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Fallavollita JA, Luisi AJ, Yun E, deKemp RA, Canty JM. An abbreviated hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp results in similar myocardial glucose utilization in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. J Nucl Cardiol 2010; 17:637-45. [PMID: 20387134 PMCID: PMC5856237 DOI: 10.1007/s12350-010-9228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 03/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Positron emission tomography (PET) with insulin-stimulated (18)F-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is the gold standard for myocardial viability. However, insulin stimulation is infrequently performed due to time and inconvenience. We therefore assessed the clinical applicability of an abbreviated hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp. METHODS AND RESULTS Dynamic FDG PET was performed in 50 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ejection fraction: .30 +/- .10) using an abbreviated hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp with separate Non-Diabetic (n = 26) and Diabetic (n = 24) protocols (American Society of Nuclear Cardiology guidelines), and supplemental potassium. In regions with normal resting perfusion ((13)N-ammonia uptake >or=80% maximal segment), there were no differences in either maximal (Non-Diabetic: .60 +/- .20 vs Diabetic: .60 +/- .17 micromol/min/g, P = .93) or mean rates of myocardial glucose uptake (MGU) (Non-Diabetic: .52 +/- .18 vs Diabetic: .52 +/- .14 micromol/min/g, P = .63) between the protocols. Multivariate analysis showed that diastolic blood pressure alone (maximal MGU, r (2) = .20, P = .001) or with NYHA Heart Failure Class (mean MGU, r (2) = .25, P = .003) could account for some of the variability in normal-region MGU. Potassium supplementation safely attenuated the decline in plasma levels. CONCLUSIONS This abbreviated hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp produced similar MGU values in normal resting myocardium in non-diabetic and diabetic subjects, which are no different than published rates with a standard insulin clamp. Thus, this abbreviated approach is sufficient to overcome myocardial insulin resistance.
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The subspecialty of interventional cardiology began in 1977. Since then, the discipline of interventional cardiology has matured rapidly, particularly with regards to ischemic heart disease. As a result, more patients are undergoing percutaneous catheter interventional therapy for ischemic heart disease and fewer patients are undergoing surgical myocardial revascularization. Those patients referred for surgical revascularization are generally older and have more complex problems. Furthermore, as the population ages more patients are referred to surgery for valvular heart disease. The result of these changes is a population of surgical patients older and sicker than previously treated.
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Tomlinson DR, Becher H, Selvanayagam JB. Assessment of myocardial viability: comparison of echocardiography versus cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the current era. Heart Lung Circ 2008; 17:173-85. [PMID: 18222726 DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2007] [Revised: 08/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Detecting viable myocardium, whether hibernating or stunned, is of clinical significance in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Echocardiographic assessments of myocardial thickening and endocardial excursion during dobutamine infusion provide a highly specific marker for myocardial viability, but with relatively less sensitivity. The additional modalities of myocardial contrast echocardiography and tissue Doppler have recently been proposed to provide further, quantitative measures of myocardial viability assessment. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has become popular for the assessment of myocardial viability as it can assess cardiac function, volumes, myocardial scar, and perfusion with high-spatial resolution. Both 'delayed enhancement' CMR and dobutamine stress CMR have important roles in the assessment of patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. This article reviews the recent advances in both echocardiography and CMR for the clinical assessment of myocardial viability. It attempts to provide a pragmatic approach toward the patient-specific assessment of this important clinical problem.
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- David R Tomlinson
- Department of Cardiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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INTRODUCTION In normal condition, the heart obtains more than two-thirds of its energy from the oxidative metabolism of long chain fatty acids, although a wide variety of substrates such as glucose, lactate, ketone bodies and amino acids are also utilised. In ischaemic myocardium, on the other hand, oxidative metabolism of free fatty acid is suppressed and anaerobic glucose metabolism plays a major role in residual oxidative metabolism. Therefore, metabolic imaging can be an important technique for the assessment of various cardiac diseases and conditions. MATERIALS AND METHODS In SPECT, several iodinated fatty acid traces have been introduced and studied. Of these, (123)I-labelled 15-(p-iodophenyl)3-R, S-methylpentadecanoic acid (BMIPP) has been the most commonly used tracer in clinical studies, especially in some of the European countries and Japan. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION In this review article, several fatty acid tracers for SPECT are characterised, and the mechanism of uptake and clinical utility of BMIPP are discussed in detail.
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- Junichi Taki
- Department of Biotracer Medicine, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan.
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Tawakol A, Migrino RQ, Bashian GG, Bedri S, Vermylen D, Cury RC, Yates D, LaMuraglia GM, Furie K, Houser S, Gewirtz H, Muller JE, Brady TJ, Fischman AJ. In vivo 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography imaging provides a noninvasive measure of carotid plaque inflammation in patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2006; 48:1818-24. [PMID: 17084256 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.05.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 686] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2005] [Revised: 04/27/2006] [Accepted: 05/02/2006] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Given the importance of inflammation in atherosclerosis, we sought to determine if atherosclerotic plaque inflammation could be measured noninvasively in humans using positron emission tomography (PET). BACKGROUND Earlier PET studies using fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) demonstrated increased FDG uptake in atherosclerotic plaques. Here we tested the ability of FDG-PET to measure carotid plaque inflammation in patients who subsequently underwent carotid endarterectomy (CEA). METHODS Seventeen patients with severe carotid stenoses underwent FDG-PET imaging 3 h after FDG administration (13 to 25 mCi), after which carotid plaque FDG uptake was determined as the ratio of plaque to blood activity (target to background ratio, TBR). Less than 1 month after imaging, subjects underwent CEA, after which carotid specimens were processed to identify macrophages (staining with anti-CD68 antibodies). RESULTS There was a significant correlation between the PET signal from the carotid plaques and the macrophage staining from the corresponding histologic sections (r = 0.70; p < 0.0001). When mean FDG uptake (mean TBR) was compared with mean inflammation (mean percentage CD68 staining) for each of the 17 patients, the correlation was even stronger (r = 0.85; p < 0.0001). Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake did not correlate with plaque area, plaque thickness, or area of smooth muscle cell staining. CONCLUSIONS We established that FDG-PET imaging can be used to assess the severity of inflammation in carotid plaques in patients. If subsequent natural history studies link increased FDG-PET activity in carotid arteries with clinical events, this noninvasive measure could be used to identify a subset of patients with carotid atherosclerosis in need of intensified medical therapy or carotid artery intervention to prevent stroke.
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- Ahmed Tawakol
- Department of Medicine (Cardiac Unit), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
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Slart RHJA, Bax JJ, van Veldhuisen DJ, van der Wall EE, Dierckx RA, de Boer J, Jager PL. Prediction of functional recovery after revascularization in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction by gated FDG-PET. J Nucl Cardiol 2006; 13:210-9. [PMID: 16580957 DOI: 10.1007/bf02971245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Accepted: 11/27/2005] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Traditionally, cardiac fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is combined with regional perfusion for optimal evaluation of viability. Gated FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) may be an alternative technique for detection of viability because it permits combined assessment of glucose metabolism uptake and wall thickening (WT). In this study the value of FDG uptake and WT (analyzed from a stand-alone gated FDG-PET study) for the prediction of recovery of regional and global left ventricular (LV) function in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing revascularization is studied. METHODS AND RESULTS Thirty-eight patients with chronic coronary artery disease and LV dysfunction were included. Patients underwent gated FDG-PET to assess viability. Magnetic resonance imaging was performed before and 6 months after revascularization to assess regional and global LV function and LV volumes. Of the 213 revascularized dysfunctional segments, 133 (62%) exhibited functional recovery on follow-up magnetic resonance imaging. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis indicated that a cutoff level for FDG uptake of 50% or greater yielded a sensitivity and specificity of 93% and 85%, respectively, on gated FDG-PET for prediction of improvement in regional function. Similarly, a cutoff level of 10% or greater for WT was optimal with a sensitivity and specificity of 89% and 78%, respectively. Improvement in LV ejection fraction was best predicted by the number of viable segments. Reverse LV remodeling could be predicted with a sensitivity and specificity of 89% and 65%, respectively, by use of FDG uptake of 50% or greater and 78% and 70%, respectively, by use of WT of 10% or greater. CONCLUSION Accurate prediction of outcome after revascularization (including improvement in regional and global LV function and reverse remodeling) is possible with gated FDG-PET by use of a threshold of 50% or greater for FDG uptake or a threshold of 10% or greater for WT.
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- Riemer H J A Slart
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Nuclear cardiology has made significant advances since the first reports of planar scintigraphy for the evaluation of left ventricular perfusion and function. While the current "state of the art" of gated myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) imaging offers invaluable diagnostic and prognostic information for the evaluation of patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease (CAD), advances in the cellular and molecular biology of the cardiovascular system have helped to usher in a new modality in nuclear cardiology, namely, molecular imaging. In this review, we will discuss the current state of the art in nuclear cardiology, which includes SPECT and positron emission tomographic evaluation of myocardial perfusion, evaluation of left ventricular function by gated myocardial perfusion SPECT and gated blood pool SPECT, and the evaluation of myocardial viability with PET and SPECT methods. In addition, we will discuss the future of nuclear cardiology and the role that molecular imaging will play in the early detection of CAD at the level of the vulnerable plaque, the evaluation of cardiac remodeling, and monitoring of important new therapies including gene therapy and stem cell therapy.
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Wiggers H, Nørrelund H, Nielsen SS, Andersen NH, Nielsen-Kudsk JE, Christiansen JS, Nielsen TT, Møller N, Bøtker HE. Influence of insulin and free fatty acids on contractile function in patients with chronically stunned and hibernating myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2005; 289:H938-46. [PMID: 15805229 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00150.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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It is unknown whether short-term modulation of substrate supply affects cardiac performance in heart failure patients with chronic ischemic myocardium. The aim of this study was to determine whether modulation of myocardial substrate metabolism with insulin and free fatty acids (FFAs) affects contractile function of chronically stunned (CST) and hibernating (HIB) myocardium at rest and after maximal exercise. We studied eight nondiabetic patients with ejection fraction (EF) 30 ± 4% (SE) and CST/HIB in 49 ± 6% of the left ventricle: 36 ± 6% CST and 13 ± 2% HIB as determined by 99mTechnetium-Sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). Each patient was subjected to a 3-h infusion of 1) saline, 2) insulin-glucose (i.e., euglycemic insulin clamp; high insulin, suppressed FFA), and 3) somatostatin-heparin (suppressed insulin, high FFA). Echocardiographic endpoints were global EF and regional contractile function [maximum velocity ( Vmax) and strain rate (εmax)] as determined by tissue Doppler imaging at steady state and after maximal exercise. EF was similar at baseline and steady state and increased after exercise to 36 ± 5% ( P < 0.05). Baseline regional Vmax and εmax were highest in control, intermediate in CST and HIB, and lowest in infarct regions ( P < 0.05). Steady-state EF, Vmax, and εmax were not affected by metabolic modulation in any region. After maximal exercise, contractile function increased in control, CST, and HIB ( P < 0.05), but not in infarct, regions. Exercise-induced contractile increments were unaffected by metabolic modulation. Metabolic modulation does not influence contractile function in CST and HIB regions. Chronic ischemic myocardium has preserved ability to adapt to extreme, short-term changes in substrate supply at rest and after maximal exercise.
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- Henrik Wiggers
- Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus Univ. Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus N, Denmark.
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Ghesani M, Depuey EG, Rozanski A. Role of F-18 FDG positron emission tomography (PET) in the assessment of myocardial viability. Echocardiography 2005; 22:165-77. [PMID: 15693785 DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2005.04032.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Positron emission tomography (PET) is a functional imaging technique with important clinical applications in cardiology, oncology, and neurology. In cardiac imaging, its role has been extensively evaluated in the noninvasive diagnosis of coronary artery disease and in the determination of prognosis. Additionally, cardiac PET with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) is very helpful in selection of patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction who would benefit from coronary artery revascularization. Cardiac PET is arguably considered by many as a gold standard in this particular application. F-18, unlike other positron emitters, has a reasonably long physical half-life, which permits its distribution through commercial radiopharmacies. This is further facilitated by increasing popularity of FDG PET in oncology, which makes cardiac FDG PET a practical option for hospitals and outpatient centers equipped with PET scanners. In addition, gamma camera single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) systems, routinely used in nuclear medicine departments, can be equipped with coincidence circuit or high-energy 511 KeV collimators, providing a cost-effective means of FDG cardiac imaging. Myocardial utilization of glucose as a substrate is variable, depending, among other factors, on serum levels of glucose and insulin. Therefore, patient preparation is important in obtaining good-quality images and in turn allowing for accurate interpretation of myocardial viability. There are various protocols to choose from that provide diagnostic image quality in both diabetic and nondiabetic patients. Mismatch between blood flow and FDG metabolism, an indicator of viable, jeopardized myocardium, can predict postrevascularization improvement in left ventricular function, symptomatic relief, and long-term survival.
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- Munir Ghesani
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, New York 10019, USA.
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Tawakol A, Migrino RQ, Hoffmann U, Abbara S, Houser S, Gewirtz H, Muller JE, Brady TJ, Fischman AJ. Noninvasive in vivo measurement of vascular inflammation with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography. J Nucl Cardiol 2005; 12:294-301. [PMID: 15944534 DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2005.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 208] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Fluorine 18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has been shown to accumulate in inflamed tissues. However, it is not known whether vascular inflammation can be measured noninvasively. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that vascular inflammation can be measured noninvasively by use of positron emission tomography (PET) with FDG. METHODS AND RESULTS Inflamed atherosclerotic lesions were induced in 9 male New Zealand white rabbits via balloon injury of the aortoiliac arterial segment and exposure to a high cholesterol diet. Ten rabbits fed standard chow served as controls. Three to six months after balloon injury, the rabbits were injected with FDG (1 mCi/kg), after which aortic uptake of FDG was assessed (3 hours after injection). Biodistribution of FDG activity within aortic segments was obtained by use of standard well gamma counting. FDG uptake was also determined noninvasively in a subset of 6 live atherosclerotic rabbits and 5 normal rabbits, via PET imaging and measurement of standardized uptake values over the abdominal aorta. Plaque macrophage density and smooth muscle cell density were determined by planimetric analysis of RAM-11 and smooth muscle actin staining, respectively. Biodistribution of FDG within nontarget organs was similar between atherosclerotic and control rabbits. However, well counter measurements of FDG uptake were significantly higher within atherosclerotic aortas compared with control aortas (P < .001). Within the upper abdominal aorta of the atherosclerotic group (area of greatest plaque formation), there was an approximately 19-fold increase in FDG uptake compared with controls (108.9 +/- 55.6 percent injected dose [%ID]/g x 10(3) vs 5.7 +/- 1.2 %ID/g x 10(3) [mean +/- SEM], P < .001). In parallel with these findings, FDG uptake, as determined by PET, was higher in atherosclerotic aortas (standardized uptake value for atherosclerotic aortas vs control aortas, 0.68 +/- 0.06 vs 0.13 +/- 0.01; P < .001). Moreover, macrophage density, assessed histologically, correlated with noninvasive (PET) measurements of FDG uptake (r = 0.93, P < .0001). In contrast to this finding, FDG uptake did not correlate with either aortic wall thickness or smooth muscle cell staining of the specimens. CONCLUSION These data show that FDG accumulates in macrophage-rich atherosclerotic plaques and demonstrate that vascular macrophage activity can be quantified noninvasively with FDG-PET. As such, measurement of vascular FDG uptake with PET holds promise for the noninvasive characterization of vascular inflammation.
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- Ahmed Tawakol
- Department of Medicine (Cardiac Unit), Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.
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Depre C, Vatner SF. Mechanisms of Cell Survival in Myocardial Hibernation. Trends Cardiovasc Med 2005; 15:101-10. [PMID: 16039970 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2005.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Revised: 04/25/2005] [Accepted: 04/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Myocardial hibernation represents a condition of regional ventricular dysfunction in patients with chronic coronary artery disease, which reverses gradually after revascularization. The precise mechanism mediating the regional dysfunction is still debated. One hypothesis suggests that chronic hypoperfusion results in a self-protecting downregulation in myocardial function and metabolism to match the decreased oxygen supply. An alternative hypothesis suggests that the myocardium is subject to repetitive episodes of ischemic dysfunction resulting from an imbalance between myocardial metabolic demand and supply that eventually creates a sustained depression of contractility. It is generally agreed that hibernating myocardium is submitted repeatedly to ischemic stress, and therefore one question persists: how do myocytes survive in the setting of chronic ischemia? The hallmark of hibernating myocardium is a maintained viability of the dysfunctional myocardium which relies on an increased uptake of glucose. We propose that, in addition to this metabolic adjustment, there must be molecular switches that confer resistance to ischemia in hibernating myocardium. Such mechanisms include the activation of a genomic program of cell survival as well as autophagy. These protective mechanisms are induced by ischemia and remain activated chronically as long as either sustained or intermittent ischemia persists.
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- Christophe Depre
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, 07103, USA
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Yao SS, Chaudhry FA. Assessment of Myocardial Viability with Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Patients with Ischemic Left Ventricular Dysfunction. Echocardiography 2005; 22:71-83. [PMID: 15660693 DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2005.04030.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The noninvasive assessment of myocardial viability has proved clinically useful for distinguishing hibernating and/or stunned myocardium from irreversibly injured myocardium in patients with chronic ischemic heart disease or recent myocardial infarction, with marked regional and/or global left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Noninvasive techniques utilized for the detection of viability in asynergic myocardial regions include positron emission tomographic imaging of residual metabolic activity, single photon emission tomography (SPECT) of radioisotope uptake with thallium-201, low-dose dobutamine echocardiography assessment of inotropic reserve and myocardial contrast echocardiography for evaluation of microvascular integrity. Of these techniques, dobutamine stress echocardiography is a safe, widely available and relatively inexpensive modality for the identification of myocardial viability for risk stratification and prognosis. Low-dose dobutamine response can accurately predict improvement of dysfunctional yet viable myocardial regions, and thus identify a subset of patients whose LV function will improve following successful coronary revascularization.
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- Siu-Sun Yao
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10025, USA
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The pathophysiology of myocardial hibernation is characterized as a situation of reduced regional contractile function distal to a coronary artery stenosis that recovers after removal of the coronary stenosis. A subacute "downregulation" of contractile function in response to reduced regional myocardial blood flow exists, which normalizes regional energy and substrate metabolism but does not persist for more than 12-24 h. Chronic hibernation develops in response to one or more episodes of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion, possibly progressing from repetitive stunning with normal blood flow to hibernation with reduced blood flow. An upregulation of a protective gene program is seen in hibernating myocardium, putting it into the context of preconditioning. The morphology of hibernating myocardium is characterized by both adaptive and degenerative features.
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- Gerd Heusch
- Institut für Pathophysiologie, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Hufelandstr. 55, 45122 Essen, Germany.
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Alamanni F, Parolari A, Repossini A, Doria E, Bortone F, Campolo J, Pepi M, Sisillo E, Naliato M, Bigi R, Biglioli P, Parodi O. Coronary blood flow, metabolism, and function in dysfunctional viable myocardium before and early after surgical revascularisation. Heart 2004; 90:1291-8. [PMID: 15486124 PMCID: PMC1768513 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.022327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Accepted: 03/12/2004] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the link between perfusion, metabolism, and function in viable myocardium before and early after surgical revascularisation. DESIGN Myocardial blood flow (MBF, thermodilution technique), metabolism (lactate, glucose, and free fatty acid extraction and fluxes), and function (transoesophageal echocardiography) were assessed in patients with critical stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) before and 30 minutes after surgical revascularisation. SETTING Tertiary cardiac centre. PATIENTS 23 patients (mean (SEM) age 57 (1.7) years with LAD stenosis: 17 had dysfunctional viable myocardium in the LAD territory, as shown by thallium-201 rest redistribution and dobutamine stress echocardiography (group 1), and six had normally contracting myocardium (group 2). RESULTS LAD MBF was lower in group 1 than in group 2 (58 (7) v 113 (21) ml/min, p < 0.001) before revascularisation and improved postoperatively in group 1 (129 (133) ml/min, p < 0.001) but not in group 2 (105 (20) ml/min, p = 0.26). Group 1 also had functional improvement in the LAD territory at intraoperative echocardiography (mean regional wall motion score from 2.6 (0.85) to 1.5 (0.98), p < 0.01). Oxidative metabolism, with lactate and free fatty acid extraction, was found preoperatively and postoperatively in both groups; however, lactate and free fatty acid uptake increased after revascularisation only in group 1. CONCLUSIONS MBF is reduced and oxidative metabolism is preserved at rest in dysfunctional but viable myocardium. Surgical revascularisation yields immediate perfusion and functional improvement, and increases the uptake of lactate and free fatty acids.
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- F Alamanni
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Department of Cardiac Surgery and Cardiology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Hernandez-Pampaloni M, Bax JJ, Morita K, Dutka DP, Camici PG. Incidence of stunned, hibernating and scarred myocardium in ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2004; 32:314-21. [PMID: 15791441 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1682-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2004] [Accepted: 08/05/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE Different criteria to identify residual viability in chronically dysfunctioning myocardium in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) can be derived by the combined assessment of myocardial blood flow (MBF) and glucose utilisation (MRG) using positron emission tomography (PET). The aim of this study was to evaluate, in a large number of patients, the prevalence of these different patterns by purely quantitative means. METHODS One hundred and sixteen consecutive patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy (LVEF < or =40%) underwent resting 2D echocardiography to assess regional contractile function (16-segment model). PET with 15O-labelled water (H2 15O) and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) was used to quantify MBF and MRG during hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp. Dysfunctional segments with normal MBF (> or =0.6 ml min(-1) g(-1)) were classified as stunned, and segments with reduced MBF (<0.6 ml min(-1) g(-1)) as hibernating if MRG was > or =0.25 micromol min(-1) g(-1). Segments with reduced MBF and MRG <0.20 micromol min(-1) g(-1) were classified as transmural scars and segments with reduced MBF and MRG between 0.20 and 0.25 micromol min(-1) g(-1) as non-transmural scars. RESULTS Eight hundred and thirty-four (46%) segments were dysfunctional. Of these, 601 (72%) were chronically stunned, with 368 (61%) having normal MRG (0.47+/-0.20 micromol min(-1) g(-1)) and 233 (39%) reduced MRG (0.16+/-0.05 micromol min(-1) g(-1)). Seventy-four (9%) segments with reduced MBF had preserved MRG (0.40+/-0.18 micromol min(-1) g(-1)) and were classified as hibernating myocardium. In addition, 15% of segments were classified as transmural and 4% as non-transmural scar. The mean MBF was highest in stunned myocardium (0.95+/-0.32 ml min(-1) g(-1)), intermediate in hibernating myocardium and non-transmural scars (0.47+/-0.09 ml min(-1) g(-1) and 0.48+/-0.08 ml min(-1) g(-1), respectively), and lowest in transmural scars (0.40+/-0.14 ml min(-1) g(-1), P<0.01). MRG was comparable in hibernating and stunned myocardium with preserved MRG (0.40+/-0.19 micromol min(-1) g(-1) vs 0.46+/-0.20 micromol min(-1) g(-1), NS), and lowest in stunned myocardium with reduced MRG and transmural scars. CONCLUSION Chronic stunning is more prevalent than expected. The degree of MRG reduction in stunned myocardium may disclose segments at higher risk of permanent damage.
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Maniar HS, Cupps BP, Potter DD, Moustakidis P, Camillo CJ, Chu CM, Pasque MK, Sundt TM. Ventricular function after coronary artery bypass grafting: Evaluation by magnetic resonance imaging and myocardial strain analysis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004; 128:76-82. [PMID: 15224024 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2003.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Magnetic resonance imaging with radiofrequency tissue tagging permits quantitative assessment of regional systolic myocardial strain. We sought to investigate the utility of this imaging modality to quantitatively determine preoperative impairment and postoperative improvement in ventricular function in patients with ischemic heart disease. METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging with radiofrequency tissue tagging was performed on 6 patients (average age 60.2 +/- 13.7 years) with coronary artery disease and 32 control subjects with no known heart disease. Patients with coronary artery disease underwent imaging before and 3 months after coronary artery bypass grafting. The ventricle was divided into 6 segments within a midventricular plane. Regional 2-dimensional left ventricular circumferential strain was calculated from tagged magnetic resonance images throughout systole. Circumferential strain results were compared in patients before and after and 3 months after coronary artery bypass grafting and also in control subjects. RESULTS Before the operation circumferential strain identified 100% (10/10) of all regional wall motion abnormalities seen by preoperative ventriculography. Postoperatively, improvements were demonstrated in 56% (20/36) of the regions, and these improvements agreed with viability testing by single-photon emission computed tomography when available. Additionally, preoperative global circumferential strain for the ischemic group was significantly depressed relative to that in control subjects (0.11 +/- 0.05 vs 0.20 +/- 0.03, P <.001). Global circumferential strain correlated with ejection fraction by ventriculography (r = 0.84, P <.01) and improved after coronary artery bypass grafting (0.14 +/- 0.05 vs 0.11 +/- 0.05, P <.01). CONCLUSIONS Magnetic resonance imaging with radiofrequency tissue tagging permitted circumferential strain calculation. This technology quantitatively demonstrated improvements in left ventricular wall motion after coronary artery bypass grafting for both individual regions and the entire ventricle. This noninvasive method may prove useful in preoperative evaluation and postoperative serial assessment of left ventricular wall motion.
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- Hersh S Maniar
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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Jerosch-Herold M, Hu X, Murthy NS, Seethamraju RT. Time delay for arrival of MR contrast agent in collateral-dependent myocardium. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL IMAGING 2004; 23:881-890. [PMID: 15250640 DOI: 10.1109/tmi.2004.827969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An analysis of the kinetics of myocardial contrast enhancement is an important component of myocardial perfusion studies. The contrast enhancement can be modeled by a linear time-invariant system, and the myocardial impulse response, calculated by deconvolution of the measured tissue response with an arterial input, gives a direct estimate of myocardial blood flow. In this paper, we analyze the effects of delays in the contrast enhancement, that occur in collateral-dependent myocardium, where the tracer reaches the tissue region only through branches from other coronary arteries that form natural bypass vessels. We investigate how the delayed arrival of tracer alters the myocardial impulse response. Model-independent deconvolution is applied to determine the lag between arterial input and tissue enhancement. Experimental data in a porcine model of collateral development indicate that the delayed arrival of an injected tracer, measured at rest, is a useful marker to identify collateral-dependent myocardium, and predict its flow capacitance.
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This article first discusses coronary artery disease, including left-ventricular dysfunction, hibernating myocardium, the relationship between stunning, hibernation, and heart failure, and molecular mechanisms underlying myocardial hibernation. Left ventricular function and the prognosis and pathophysiology of left-ventricular dysfunction are then examined. Selection of patients for revascularization is discussed, to include which coronary patients should be investigated for myocardial viability, and other surgical considerations are outlined. The outcome following revascularization in the heart failure patient, the results of revascularization, and the time course of functional recovery after coronary artery bypass graft are also covered.
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- Stephen Westaby
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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Schmidt M, Voth E, Schneider CA, Theissen P, Wagner R, Baer FM, Schicha H. F-18-FDG uptake is a reliable predictory of functional recovery of akinetic but viable infarct regions as defined by magnetic resonance imaging before and after revascularization. Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 22:229-36. [PMID: 15010115 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2003.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2003] [Revised: 07/19/2003] [Accepted: 07/20/2003] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Identification of akinetic but viable myocardium is important for the selection of patients for coronary revascularization. In order to assess predictive values of end-diastolic wall thickness and dobutamine induced wall thickening obtained by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose uptake assessed by positron emission tomography (F-18-FDG-PET), these parameters were compared to recovery of left ventricular function after successful revascularization. Forty patients with chronic myocardial infarction and regional a- or dyskinesia by ventriculography underwent rest- and dobutamine-MRI studies (10 microg dobutamine/kg body weight/min) and F-18-FDG-PET. Viability of the infarct region was considered to be present if; 1) end-diastolic wall thickness was > or =5.5 mm; 2) dobutamine induced wall thickening > or =2 mm could be measured; and 3) normalized F-18-FDG-uptake was > or =50% in > or =50% of akinetic segments. Preserved end-diastolic wall thickness was found in 32/40 patients, functional improvement during dobutamine infusion in 26/40 patients and preserved F-18-FDG-uptake in 29/40 patients. After revascularization regional left ventricular function improved in 25/40 patients. Positive and negative predictive values and diagnostic accuracy were 78%, 100%, and 83% for preserved end-diastolic wall thickness, 92%, 93%, and 93% for dobutamine inducible contraction reserve and 86%, 100%, and 90% for preserved F-18-FDG-uptake. Quantitative assessment of dobutamine induced systolic wall thickening by MRI and F-18-FDG-uptake by PET are highly accurate techniques for the identification of viable myocardium and prediction of functional recovery after successful revascularization. Preserved end-diastolic wall thickness results in an overestimation of viable myocardium compared to functional improvement, but wall thickness <5.5 mm excludes recovery of regional function.
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Nelson OL, McEwen MM, Robbins CT, Felicetti L, Christensen WF. Evaluation of cardiac function in active and hibernating grizzly bears. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 223:1170-5. [PMID: 14584750 DOI: 10.2460/javma.2003.223.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate cardiac function parameters in a group of active and hibernating grizzly bears. DESIGN Prospective study. ANIMALS 6 subadult grizzly bears. PROCEDURE Indirect blood pressure, a 12-lead ECG, and a routine echocardiogram were obtained in each bear during the summer active phase and during hibernation. RESULTS All measurements of myocardial contractility were significantly lower in all bears during hibernation, compared with the active period. Mean rate of circumferential left ventricular shortening, percentage fractional shortening, and percentage left ventricular ejection fraction were significantly lower in bears during hibernation, compared with the active period. Certain indices of diastolic function appeared to indicate enhanced ventricular compliance during the hibernation period. Mean mitral inflow ratio and isovolumic relaxation time were greater during hibernation. Heart rate was significantly lower for hibernating bears, and mean cardiac index was lower but not significantly different from cardiac index during the active phase. Contrary to results obtained in hibernating rodent species, cardiac index was not significantly correlated with heart rate. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Cardiac function parameters in hibernating bears are opposite to the chronic bradycardic effects detected in nonhibernating species, likely because of intrinsic cardiac muscle adaptations during hibernation. Understanding mechanisms and responses of the myocardium during hibernation could yield insight into mechanisms of cardiac function regulation in various disease states in nonhibernating species.
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- O Lynne Nelson
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Jerosch-Herold M, Seethamraju RT, Swingen CM, Wilke NM, Stillman AE. Analysis of myocardial perfusion MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 19:758-70. [PMID: 15170782 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Rapid MR imaging (MRI) during the first pass of an injected tracer is used to assess myocardial perfusion with a spatial resolution of 2-3 mm, and to detect any regional impairments of myocardial blood flow (MBF) that may lead to ischemia. The spatial resolution is sufficient to detect flow reductions that are limited to the subendocardial layer. The capacity of the coronary system to increase MBF severalfold in response to vasodilation can be quantified by analysis of the myocardial contrast enhancement. The myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) is a useful concept for quantifying the vasodilator response. The perfusion reserve can be estimated from the ratio of MBFs during vasodilation and at baseline, in units identical to those used for invasive measurements with labeled microspheres, or from dimensionless flow indices normalized by their value for autoregulated flow at rest. The perfusion reserve can be reduced as a result of a blunted hyperemic response and/or an abnormal resting blood flow. The absolute quantification of MBF removes uncertainties in the evaluation of the vasodilator response, and can be achieved without the use of complex tracer kinetic models; therefore, its application to clinical studies is feasible.
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- Michael Jerosch-Herold
- Advanced Imaging Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
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Thomson LEJ, Kim RJ, Judd RM. Magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of myocardial viability. J Magn Reson Imaging 2004; 19:771-88. [PMID: 15170783 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The identification of myocardial viability in the setting of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction is crucial for the prediction of functional recovery following revascularization. Although echocardiography, positron emission tomography (PET), and nuclear imaging have validated roles, recent advances in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) technology and availability have led to increased experience in CMR for identification of myocardial viability. CMR has unique advantages in the ability of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to measure subcellular components of myocardium, and in the image resolution of magnetic resonance proton imaging. As a result of excellent image resolution and advances in pulse sequences and coil technology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to identify the transmural extent of myocardial infarction (MI) in vivo for the first time. This review of the role of CMR in myocardial viability imaging describes the acute and chronic settings of ventricular dysfunction and concepts regarding the underlying pathophysiology. Recent advances in MRS and MRI are discussed, including the potential for dobutamine MRI to identify viable myocardium and a detailed review of the technique of delayed gadolinium (Gd) contrast hyperenhancement for visualization of viable and nonviable myocardium.
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- Louise E J Thomson
- Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Barrington SF, Chambers J, Hallett WA, O'Doherty MJ, Roxburgh JC, Nunan TO. Comparison of sestamibi, thallium, echocardiography and PET for the detection of hibernating myocardium. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2003; 31:355-61. [PMID: 14647986 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1369-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2003] [Accepted: 09/29/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The detection of hibernating myocardium is important because revascularisation results in improved function and prognosis in patients with hibernation but not in those with non-viable myocardium. The primary aim of this study was to compare the diagnostic accuracy of four techniques with respect to hibernation in the same study population with 6-12 months of follow-up. Twenty-five males underwent rest-stress sestamibi and delayed (>18 h) thallium scintigraphy, high-dose dobutamine stress echocardiography and nitrogen-13 ammonia/fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (NH(3)/FDG) positron emission tomography (PET). The pre-operative ejection fraction was 36.2% (+/-7.3%). Follow-up was 8.1 (+/-2.8) months. Using postoperative improvement in wall motion on echocardiography as the gold standard, 6/34 dysfunctional vascular territories were hibernating. The mean uptake of all tracers was significantly higher in hibernating than in non-viable territories ( P<0.05). Normal perfusion or mismatch on PET (FDG>NH(3) uptake) and the pattern of response to dobutamine on echocardiography were also predictive of recovery ( P<0.001 and P=0.02 respectively). Univariate logistic regression identified sestamibi, ammonia and FDG as independent predictors of hibernation. FDG-PET was, however, the only independent predictor using multivariate analysis. The nuclear techniques had high negative predictive values (NPV) of >or=95% but lower positive predictive values (PPV) of 45%-75% as compared with echocardiography, which had an NPV of 87% and a PPV of 100%. PET was the most powerful predictor of hibernation although the combination of a technique with a high PPV (echocardiography) and a high NPV (PET or sestamibi) may represent the optimal clinical choice.
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- S F Barrington
- Clinical PET Centre, Guys and St Thomas's Hospitals, London, UK.
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ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 Guideline Update for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography: Summary Article. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2003.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Cheitlin MD, Armstrong WF, Aurigemma GP, Beller GA, Bierman FZ, Davis JL, Douglas PS, Faxon DP, Gillam LD, Kimball TR, Kussmaul WG, Pearlman AS, Philbrick JT, Rakowski H, Thys DM. ACC/AHA/ASE 2003 guideline update for the clinical application of echocardiography--summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/ASE Committee to Update the 1997 Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography). J Am Coll Cardiol 2003; 42:954-70. [PMID: 12957449 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(03)01065-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 341] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Klaar U, Berger R, Gwechenberger M, Wutte M, Porenta G, Sochor H, Maurer G, Baumgartner H. Relationship between dobutamine response of dyssynergic myocardium and angiographically documented blood supply. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2003; 16:949-57. [PMID: 12931107 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(03)00477-2] [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: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Because hibernation is considered a down-regulation of contractile function in response to reduced regional myocardial perfusion, hibernating myocardium is expected to be supplied by a critically stenosed or even occluded coronary artery. Thus, high-dose dobutamine has been postulated to cause ischemia and reworsening of myocardial function (biphasic response), whereas myocardium that demonstrates sustained improvement with high-dose dobutamine should not be supplied by a significantly stenosed vessel. This study evaluates the type of dobutamine response-biphasic versus sustained improvement-of dyssynergic myocardium in relation to its angiographically documented blood supply. METHODS In 38 patients (5 women; mean age 60 +/- 9 years) with chronic coronary artery disease and impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (</=35%), dobutamine echocardiography and quantitative coronary angiography were performed within 4 weeks. Wall-motion response of dyssynergic myocardium to dobutamine, classified as no improvement, biphasic response, or sustained improvement, was compared with the angiographically documented blood supply (presence of coronary stenosis in the corresponding artery, collaterals, and stenoses of the collateral supplying artery) in a segment-by-segment analysis. RESULTS Of the 465 segments with abnormal wall motion at rest, 201 (47%) showed improvement during dobutamine infusion at low dose. Of these, 145 (72%) were supplied by significantly stenosed epicardial vessels. Only 27 (19%) of these 145 segments showed a biphasic response whereas in the remaining 118 segments wall-motion improvement persisted during high-dose dobutamine infusion. Although mean stenosis severity in the supplying vessel was significantly greater for segments presenting with biphasic response as compared with sustained improvement (95 +/- 7% and 86 +/- 12% luminal diameter reduction, respectively; P <.0001), 69% of segments with sustained improvement were supplied by a critically stenosed artery. Only 7 of 27 segments with biphasic response and 22 of 118 segments with sustained improvement had visible collaterals supplied by a vessel without significant stenosis. The percentage of segments viable by thallium-single photon emission computed tomography imaging was similar for those with sustained and biphasic response (96% and 83%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS In this group of patients with coronary artery disease and impaired left ventricular function, the great majority of dyssynergic segments that exhibited a sustained, rather than biphasic, dobutamine response were supplied by a critically stenosed artery. Furthermore, the percentage of segments viable by thallium-single photon emission computed tomography did not appear to be different for segments with sustained improvement and those with biphasic response. These findings challenge the hypothesis that biphasic response is the best criterion to identify viable myocardium.
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- Ursula Klaar
- Department of Cardiology, Vienna General Hospital, University of Vienna
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Bortone F, Mazzoni M, Repossini A, Campolo J, Ceriani R, Devoto E, Parolini M, De Maria R, Arena V, Parodi O. Myocardial lactate metabolism in relation to preoperative regional wall motion and to early functional recovery after coronary revascularization. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2003; 17:478-85. [PMID: 12968236 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-0770(03)00153-8] [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]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate myocardial lactate metabolism as a marker of functional status after surgical coronary revascularization. DESIGN Single-center, prospective, cohort study. SETTING Tertiary care teaching hospital. PARTICIPANTS Fifty patients with stable angina, ejection fraction >0.40, undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery for multiple-vessel disease. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Before (T1) and 30 minutes (T2) after coronary artery bypass grafting, the authors simultaneously sampled blood from artery and coronary sinus to determine myocardial lactate dynamics and performed transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to assess segmental wall motion. Wall motion score index (WMSI) was calculated with an online/offline comparison. At T2, WMSI improved from 1.40 +/- 0.31 to 1.17 +/- 0.23 (p = 0.0001). Preoperatively, 2 patterns of lactate balance were found: 39 patients were lactate extractors (17% +/- 10%) and 11 were lactate producers (-11% +/- 11%). At T2, lactate metabolism was shifted towards a pattern opposite to the baseline: delta lactate extraction was -8% +/- 16% in extractors at T1 versus 7% +/- 9% in producers at T1 (p = 0.003). Changes in WMSI were not correlated with changes in lactate utilization. No single preoperative variable predicted postoperative WMSI or its changes from baseline. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time was the only significant predictor of postoperative lactate extraction by multivariate regression (r = -0.46, p = 0.001): at T2, patients in the highest CPB time quartile showed frank lactate production (-6% +/- 13%) when compared with those in the lowest quartile (15% +/- 11%, p = 0.005). However, postoperative WMSI was similar in different CPB time groups. CONCLUSIONS Myocardial lactate metabolism pattern is not associated with functional status before and early after successful coronary revascularization. CPB time was the only significant predictor of postoperative lactate extraction. Measurement of lactate does not appear to be a valuable tool to assess the coupling of myocardial regional function and metabolism in the setting of coronary artery surgery and mild-to-moderate functional impairment.
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- Franco Bortone
- Department of Anesthesia and Cardiac Surgery, Humanitas Gavazzeni, Bergamo, Italy
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Camici PG, Rimoldi OE. Pathophysiology and diagnosis of hibernating myocardium in patients with post-ischemic heart failure: the contribution of PET. Ann Nucl Med 2003; 17:341-50. [PMID: 12971630 DOI: 10.1007/bf03006599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Identification and treatment of hibernating myocardium (HM) lead to improvement in LV function and prognosis in patients with post-ischemic heart failure. Different techniques are used to diagnose HM: echocardiography, MRI, SPECT and PET and, in patients with moderate LV impairment, their predictive values are similar. There are few data on patients with severe LV dysfunction and heart failure in whom the greatest benefits are apparent after revascularization. Quantification of FDG uptake with PET during hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp is accurate in these patients with the greatest mortality risk in whom other techniques may give high false negative rates. The debate on whether resting myocardial blood flow to HM is reduced or not has stimulated new research on heart failure in patients with coronary artery disease. PET with H2(15)O or 13NH3 has been used for the absolute quantification of regional blood flow in human HM. When HM is properly identified, resting blood flow is not different from that in healthy volunteers although a reduction of approximately 20% can be demonstrated in a minority of cases. PET studies have shown that the main feature of HM is a severe impairment of coronary vasodilator reserve that improves after revascularization in parallel with LV function. Thus, the pathophysiology of HM is more complex than initially postulated. The recent evidence that repetitive ischemia in patients can be cumulative and lead to more severe and prolonged stunning, lends further support to the hypothesis that, at least initially, stunning and HM are two facets of the same coin.
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- Paolo G Camici
- MRC Clinical Sciences Centre and National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
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Matsunari I, Taki J, Nakajima K, Tonami N, Hisada K. Myocardial viability assessment using nuclear imaging. Ann Nucl Med 2003; 17:169-79. [PMID: 12846538 DOI: 10.1007/bf02990019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Myocardial assessment continues to be an issue in patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Nuclear imaging has long played an important role in this field. In particular, PET imaging using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose is regarded as the metabolic gold standard of tissue viability, which has been supported by a wide clinical experience. Viability assessment using SPECT techniques has gained more wide-spread clinical acceptance than PET, because it is more widely available at lower cost. Moreover, technical advances in SPECT technology such as gated-SPECT further improve the diagnostic accuracy of the test. However, other imaging techniques such as dobutamine echocardiography have recently emerged as competitors to nuclear imaging. It is also important to note that they sometimes may work in a complementary fashion to nuclear imaging, indicating that an appropriate use of these techniques may significantly improve their overall accuracy. In keeping these circumstances in mind, further efforts are necessary to further improve the diagnostic performance of nuclear imaging as a reliable viability test.
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- Ichiro Matsunari
- The Medical and Pharmacological Research Center Foundation, Hakui, Ishikawa, Japan.
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Schaefer WM, Lipke CSA, Nowak B, Kaiser HJ, Buecker A, Krombach GA, Buell U, Kühl HP. Validation of an evaluation routine for left ventricular volumes, ejection fraction and wall motion from gated cardiac FDG PET: a comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2003; 30:545-53. [PMID: 12589480 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1123-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2002] [Accepted: 12/28/2002] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The aim of this study was to validate the estimation of left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (EDV, ESV) and ejection fraction (LVEF) as well as wall motion analysis from gated fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) in patients with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) using software originally designed for gated single-photon emission tomography (SPET). Thirty patients with severe CAD referred for myocardial viability diagnostics were investigated using a standard FDG PET protocol enhanced with gated acquisition (8 gates per cardiac cycle). EDV, ESV and LVEF were calculated using standard software designed for gated SPET (QGS). Wall motion was analysed using a visual four-point wall motion score on a 17-segment model. As a reference, all patients were also examined within a median of 3 days with cardiovascular cine magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) (20 gates per cardiac cycle). Furthermore, all gated FDG PET data sets were reoriented in a second run with deliberately misaligned axes to test the quantification procedure for robustness. Correlation between the results of gated FDG PET and cMRI was very high for EDV and ESV ( R=0.96 and R=0.97) and for LVEF ( R=0.95). With gated FDG PET, there was a non-significant tendency to underestimate EDV (174+/-61 ml vs 179+/-59 ml, P=0.21) and to overestimate ESV (124+/-58 ml vs 122+/-60 ml, P=0.65), resulting in underestimated LVEF values (31.5%+/-9.4% vs 34.2%+/-12.4%, P<0.003). The results of reorientations 1 and 2 showed very high correlations (for all R>/=0.99). Segmental wall motion analysis revealed good agreement between gated FDG PET data and cMRI (kappa =0.62+/-0.03). In conclusion, despite small systematic differences which contributed mainly to the lower temporal resolution of gated FDG PET, agreement between gated FDG PET and cMRI was good across a wide range of volumes and LVEF values as well as for wall motion analysis. Therefore, gated FDG PET provides clinically relevant information on function and volumes, using the commercially available software package QGS.
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- Wolfgang M Schaefer
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, University of Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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