PMID: 2485036Jan 1, 1987Paper

Media hypertrophy in hypertensive coronary resistance vessels

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
M KlepzigB E Strauer

Abstract

Coronary reserve is reduced in human hypertensive hypertrophy and in the model of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). In isolated coronary resistance vessels, the role of structural and functional changes was evaluated. Furthermore, the effect of long-term antihypertensive therapy was also studied. At the age of 20 weeks, SHR and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats were examined. Distal segments of the left anterior descending coronary artery were dissected and mounted on a myograph developed by Mulvany and Halpern. After recording of radius-wall tension curves, the vessels were set up to a wall tension equal to two-thirds of the systolic blood pressure. In SHRs, the vessel diameters were reduced. After equilibration with Ringer's solution, vessel dilatation was decreased in calcium-free solution (10 +/- 3 vs. 34 +/- 7%, p less than 0.05), but contraction increased after 123 mM of potassium stimulation (78 +/- 19 vs. 33 +/- 9%). There was no difference in calcium sensitivity during methoxamine or potassium activation. In the coronary resistance vessels of SHRs, electron microscopy revealed media hypertrophy (15.6 +/- 2.9 vs. 9.5 +/- 2.1 microns, p less than 0.05) and media hyperplasia (4.5 +/- 3 vs. 3.7 +/- 6 muscle layers, p less than...Continue Reading

Citations

May 30, 1998·The American Journal of Cardiology·P VaduganathanM S Verani
Apr 3, 1990·The American Journal of Cardiology·S SchelerB E Strauer
Mar 15, 1990·Journal of the American College of Cardiology·B E Strauer

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