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J Am Coll Cardiol, 1984; 3:668-674
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Reductions in coronary flow under resting conditions in collateral-dependent myocardium of patients with complete occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery

DT Arani, DG Greene, IL Bunnell, GL Smith, and FJ Klocke

Flow per unit weight in collateral-dependent myocardium was quantified selectively in seven patients with complete occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending artery and prominent distal collateralization from the right coronary artery by infusing dissolved hydrogen into the right coronary artery for 10 to 15 minutes and monitoring hydrogen desaturation in the great cardiac vein. Coronary flow per unit weight in all myocardium draining into the great cardiac vein was quantified simultaneously by having the patient breathe helium and by monitoring arterial and great cardiac vein helium desaturation. Flow per unit weight in collateral-dependent myocardium averaged 38 +/- 8 (standard deviation) ml/min per 100 g and was in each case below the 95% confidence limit for normal individuals with the same rate-pressure product. Flow per unit weight in all myocardium draining into the great cardiac vein was systematically higher (51 +/- 8 ml/min per 100 g); because arteries other than the anterior descending had no stenoses greater than 30% in diameter, these values presumably reflect mixtures of subnormally perfused collateralized myocardium and adjacent normally perfused tissue. The findings suggest that coronary flow per unit weight is not maintained at usual basal values in densely collaterlized myocardium that is entirely collateral-dependent. The reductions in flow are presumably associated with marked reductions in local arterial pressure and raise the possibility of a chronic reduction in local myocardial metabolic demand.


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