title: Importance of retrograde coronary flow in the prediction of experimental myocardial infarct size.
abstract: The relationship between myocardial infarct size (measured by a histochemical stain) and coronary collateral blood flow (measured via retrograde flow and by use of radioactive microspheres) was studied in anesthetized dogs with high, moderate and low retrograde flows undergoing a 2-hour occlusion and 30-min reperfusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. The results demonstrate that experimental myocardial infarct size is closely related to native coronary collateral blood flow, and the large variability in collateral perfusion amongst dogs is a source of variability in the mass of myocardium undergoing irreversible damage following acute coronary occlusion. Results also demonstrate that the variability in experimental infarct size can be reduced and ultimate infarct size predicted prior to irreversible tissue injury by initial measurement of retrograde coronary blood flow.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006439:Hemodynamics; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012306:Risk