Proportionate reversible decreases in systolic function and myocardial oxygen consumption after modest reductions in coronary flow: hibernation versus stunning
Abstract
This study sought to determine whether modest short-term reductions in coronary flow can produce subsequent proportionate reductions in myocardial function and O2 consumption compatible with myocardial hibernation. Acute studies indicate that myocardial energy utilization can be downregulated during moderate flow reduction. Whether this apparently beneficial adjustment persists into the reperfusion period is unsettled because most postischemic contractile dysfunction has been presumed to represent stunned or irreversibly injured myocardium. Responses of regional myocardial function and O2 consumption were assessed in chronically instrumented dogs after approximately 50% reductions in flow for 2 h (n = 8) or repeated 2-min total coronary occlusions (n = 6). When unrestricted perfusion was restored after sustained partial occlusions, regional function and O2 consumption stabilized at proportionate, systematically decreased levels ([mean +/- SEM] 80 +/- 3.1% and 81 +/- 5.1% of control values, both p < 0.05) and then returned to control values within 24 h. Similar proportionate reductions occurred after as few as five cycles of brief total occlusion (79 +/- 5.1% and 83 +/- 1.6% of control values, both again p < 0.05); these persist...Continue Reading
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