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  • Title: Relationship between nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation and clinical severity of peripheral artery disease.
    Author: Maruhashi T, Nakashima A, Matsumoto T, Oda N, Iwamoto Y, Iwamoto A, Kajikawa M, Kihara Y, Chayama K, Goto C, Noma K, Higashi Y.
    Journal: Atherosclerosis; 2014 Jul; 235(1):65-70. PubMed ID: 24816039.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation is usually used as a control test for flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD). However, nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation per se has also been reported to be impaired in patients with atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation and the clinical severity of peripheral artery disease (PAD). METHODS AND RESULTS: We measured nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation and FMD in 144 subjects (mean age: 63.8 ± 15.1 years), including 32 PAD patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI group), 28 PAD patients without CLI (non-CLI group), 60 age- and sex-matched patients without established cardiovascular disease (at-risk group), and 24 healthy subjects (healthy group). Nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation was significantly impaired in the CLI group compared to that in the other three groups (healthy group, 16.0 ± 5.3%; at-risk group, 12.9 ± 3.8%; non-CLI group, 10.3 ± 5.1%; CLI group, 6.7 ± 3.9%; P < 0.05, respectively). Even after multivariate adjustment, the differences remained significant. On the other hand, FMD was significantly impaired in the at-risk, non-CLI, and CLI group compared with that in the healthy group (healthy group, 7.1 ± 2.9%; at-risk group, 3.4 ± 2.3%; non-CLI group, 3.5 ± 2.7%; CLI group, 3.0 ± 2.8%; P < 0.001, respectively), but the differences among the at-risk, non-CLI, and CLI groups were not significant. Multivariate analysis revealed that nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation (odds ratio: 0.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.61-0.97) and diabetes mellitus (odds ratio: 8.75, 95% CI: 1.74-44.2) were independent variables for CLI in PAD patients. CONCLUSIONS: There was no significant difference in FMD between PAD patients with and those without CLI, but nitroglycerine-induced vasodilation was significantly smaller in PAD patients with CLI compared with those without CLI.
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