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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 280: H1674-H1682, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 4, H1674-H1682, April 2001

Stenosis differentially affects subendocardial and subepicardial arterioles in vivo

D. Merkus1, I. Vergroesen1, O. Hiramatsu2, H. Tachibana2, H. Nakamoto2, E. Toyota2, M. Goto2, Y. Ogasawara2, J. A. E. Spaan1, and F. Kajiya2

1 Department of Medical Physics, Cardiovascular Research Institute Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and 2 Department of Medical Engineering and Systems Cardiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan

The presence of a coronary stenosis results primarily in subendocardial ischemia. Apart from the decrease in coronary perfusion pressure, a stenosis also decreases coronary flow pulsations. Applying a coronary perfusion system, we compared the autoregulatory response of subendocardial (n = 10) and subepicardial (n = 12) arterioles (<120 µm) after stepwise decreases in coronary arterial pressure from 100 to 70, 50, and 30 mmHg in vivo in dogs (n = 9). Pressure steps were performed with and without stenosis on the perfusion line. Maximal arteriolar diameter during the cardiac cycle was determined and normalized to its value at 100 mmHg. The initial decrease in diameter during reductions in pressure was significantly larger at the subendocardium. Diameters of subendocardial and subepicardial arterioles were similar 10-15 s after the decrease in pressure without stenosis. However, stenosis decreased the dilatory response of the subendocardial arterioles significantly. This decreased dilatory response was also evidenced by a lower coronary inflow at similar average pressure in the presence of a stenosis. Inhibition of nitric oxide production with NG-monomethyl-L-arginine abrogated the effect of the stenosis on flow. We conclude that the decrease in pressure caused by a stenosis in vivo results in a larger decrease in diameter of the subendocardial arterioles than in the subepicardial arterioles, and furthermore stenosis selectively decreases the dilatory response of subendocardial arterioles. These two findings expand our understanding of subendocardial vulnerability to ischemia.

autoregulation; coronary microcirculation; ischemia


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