EFFECTS OF PRESSURE-GRADIENTS BETWEEN BRANCHES OF THE LEFT CORONARY-ARTERY ON THE PRESSURE AXIS INTERCEPT AND THE SHAPE OF STEADY-STATE CIRCUMFLEX PRESSURE-FLOW RELATIONS IN DOGS
EFFECTS OF PRESSURE-GRADIENTS BETWEEN BRANCHES OF THE LEFT CORONARY-ARTERY ON THE PRESSURE AXIS INTERCEPT AND THE SHAPE OF STEADY-STATE CIRCUMFLEX PRESSURE-FLOW RELATIONS IN DOGS
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.56.1.11
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
HOFFMAN, JIE
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作者:
MESSINA, LM;HANLEY, FL;HOFFMAN, JIE
When steady-state pressure-flow relations are studied in the circumflex coronary artery, pressure gradients develop between it and other branches of the left coronary artery. To assess the effects of these pressure gradients, the pressure axis intercept and shape of steady-state circumflex pressure-flow relations was compared in the presence and absence of gradients after autoregulation was abolished, both in the beating heart and during long diastoles in dogs. Peripheral coronary pressures and radionuclide-labeled microspheres were used to assess arterial collateral flow. In the beating heart, intraarterial pressure gradients reduced the curvature at low circumflex pressures and overestimated the mean pressure axis intercept by 7.8 mm Hg (P < 0.05). The results were similar for the pressure-flow relations derived during long diastoles. This overestimation exaggerates the difference between the pressure axis intercept and coronary sinus pressure. The peripheral coronary pressure and microsphere results indicate that these effects are mediated largely by arterial collateral flow.