1. Critical Single Proximal Left Arterial Descending Coronary Artery Stenosis to Mimic Chronic Myocardial Ischemia: A New Model Induced by Minimal Invasive Technology.
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Horstick, Georg, Bierbach, Benjamin, Abegunewardene, Nico, Both, Stefan, Kuhn, Sebastian, Manefeld, Dirk, Reinecke, Hans-Jürgen, Vosseler, Markus, Helisch, Andreas, Becker, Dietmar, Lauterbach, Michael, Kempski, Oliver, and Lehr, Hans-Anton
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CORONARY artery stenosis ,CORONARY disease ,STENOSIS ,BLOOD-vessel development ,ISCHEMIA - Abstract
Background/Aims: The present report examines a new pig model for progressive induction of high-grade stenosis, for the study of chronic myocardial ischemia and the dynamics of collateral vessel growth. Methods: Thirty-nine Landrace pigs were instrumented with a novel experimental stent (GVD stent) in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Eight animals underwent transthoracic echocardiography at rest and under low-dose dobutamine. Seven animals were examined by nuclear PET and SPECT analysis. Epi-, mid- and endocardial fibrosis and the numbers of arterial vessels were examined by histology. Results: Functional analysis showed a significant decrease in global left ventricular ejection fraction (24.5 ± 1.6%) 3 weeks after implantation. There was a trend to increased left ventricular ejection fraction after low-dose dobutamine stress (36.0 ± 6.6%) and a significant improvement of the impaired regional anterior wall motion. PET and SPECT imaging documented chronic hibernation. Myocardial fibrosis increased significantly in the ischemic area with a gradient from epi- to endocardial. The number of arterial vessels in the ischemic area increased and coronary angiography showed abundant collateral vessels of Rentrop class 1. Conclusion: The presented experimental model mimics the clinical situation of chronic myocardial ischemia secondary to 1-vessel coronary disease. Copyright © 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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