title: [Myocardial infarct with normal coronary vessels: an association with dysfunction of the coronary microcirculation].
abstract: The association of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with normal coronary arteries was analyzed prospectively. A series of 128 consecutive patients underwent coronary angiography within 1 week from AMI. Seven patients, all females, had no coronary artery lesions and were considered eligible for the study. All 7 patients underwent atrial pacing (10 g/min increments every 2 min), ergonovine testing (E; total dose 0.650 mg i.v.). Great cardiac vein flow (GCVF; thermodilution technique), mean aortic pressure (MAP), anterior coronary resistance (ACR) and myocardial lactate extraction [(Lac art-Lac gcv)/Lac art] were measured at baseline and during testing. Pacing-induced typical chest pain occurred in 5 patients: 4 of them showed concurrent significant (> or = 0.15 mV) ST downsloping. At peak pacing, GCVF increased only by < 50%, or even decreased, in all patients. Baseline lactate extraction (0.13 +/- 0.11) changed to lactate production (-0.15 +/- 0.10) in 7/7 patients. None of the patients showed focal epicardial coronary artery spasm following E. During testing, however, all 7 patients showed decrease in GCVF (110 +/- 47 versus 74 +/- 21; p < 0.005), increase in ACR (0.92 +/- 0.29 versus 1.43 +/- 0.20; p < 0.001), and significant coronary lactate production (-0.18 +/- 0.12). Six patients referred slight to moderate chest pain, which was accompanied by ST downsloping in 4.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Speciale Medica e Metodologia Clinica III, Università degli Studi, Bologna.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Clemente
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borghi
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Morgagni
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rusticali
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bugiardini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000502:physiology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Infarto miocardico con coronarie normali: associazione con la disfunzione del microcircolo coronarico.