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  • Title: Flow-mediated vasodilation of human epicardial coronary arteries: effect of inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis.
    Author: Shiode N, Morishima N, Nakayama K, Yamagata T, Matsuura H, Kajiyama G.
    Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol; 1996 Feb; 27(2):304-10. PubMed ID: 8557898.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: This study sought to investigate the role of nitric oxide, an endothelium-derived relaxing factor, in flow-mediated vasodilation in human epicardial coronary arteries. BACKGROUND: Endothelium-derived relaxing factors may be released from the coronary artery endothelium in response to increases in blood flow. METHODS: We studied the effect of the nitric oxide synthesis inhibitor NG-monomethyl-L-arginine (L-NMMA) on the flow-mediated vasodilation of epicardial coronary arteries in 12 patients, using quantitative angiographic and Doppler flow velocity measurements. Adenosine at 100 micrograms/min was infused into the left anterior descending coronary artery to test the dilator response of the proximal artery to increases in blood flow. Acetylcholine at 3 and 30 micrograms/min was infused into the left coronary ostium to determine endothelium-dependent vasodilation of the proximal left anterior descending artery. Adenosine and acetylcholine were infused before and after the intracoronary infusion of L-NMMA (25 mumol/min for 5 min). RESULTS: Infusion of L-NMMA caused a significant decrease in the baseline diameter of the proximal left anterior descending artery (from 2.90 +/- 0.14 to 2.74 +/- 0.13 mm [mean +/- SEM], p < 0.01). Adenosine increased coronary blood flow before and after L-NMMA (+399.5 +/- 27.5% and +511.9 +/- 33.3%, respectively). Flow-mediated vasodilation was observed in the proximal left anterior descending artery before and after L-NMMA (+9.2 +/- 1.5%, p < 0.01 and +8.6 +/- 2.1%, p < 0.01, respectively). A dose of 3 micrograms/min of acetylcholine significantly dilated the proximal left anterior descending artery before L-NMMA (+7.6 +/- 1.0%, p < 0.01), but acetylcholine-induced vasodilation was attenuated after L-NMMA (-1.8 +/- 1.0%). CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that nitric oxide modulates basal coronary artery tone but that mediators other than nitric oxide may be responsible for the flow-mediated vasodilation of human epicardial coronary arteries.
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