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  • Title: Measurement of local blood flow in acute myocardial infarction: loss of 15-micron microspheres during the first hour.
    Author: Andersen KS, Skjaerven R, Lekven J.
    Journal: Acta Physiol Scand; 1985 Apr; 123(4):373-81. PubMed ID: 3993397.
    Abstract:
    Distribution of radiolabelled microspheres is widely utilized for determination of regional blood flow in experimental myocardial infarction studies. The purpose of this investigation was evaluation of the microsphere method during 1 h of regional ischaemia. Special attention was focused upon loss of preocclusion microspheres from ischaemic myocardium; mechanisms for loss and blood flow distribution in non-ischaemic left ventricle. Microspheres (15 micron) were injected into the left atrium in nine pentobarbital anaesthetized cats prior to coronary artery occlusion and again after 1 h of occlusion. Preocclusion blood flow estimates were lower in ischaemic compared with non-ischaemic myocardium (1.36 vs. 1.62 cm3 X min-1 X g-1, P = 0.002), corresponding to 16% apparent loss. In endocardial ischaemic tissue, development of oedema could account for the loss. In epicardial ischaemic tissue, oedema was not present and loss was therefore due to migration of microspheres. Epicardial loss increased in proportion to restoration of left ventricular contractility. There was no evidence for significant microsphere loss through lymphatic pathways. In non-ischaemic left ventricular tissue, myocardial blood flow was evenly distributed from apex to base, and also between endocardial and epicardial layers. This study quantitates an important limitation to measurements of local blood flow in ischaemic myocardium by radiolabelled microspheres.
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