title: Coronary vasomotor response to acetylcholine late after angioplasty.
abstract: To elucidate the changes in coronary vasomotion in a previously balloon-dilated segment, we examined the vasoconstricting response of previously balloon-dilated and non-dilated segments to acetylcholine. Acetylcholine was administered into coronary arteries cumulatively (left and right coronary artery: 10-100 micrograms) in 15 patients (age: 60 +/- 3 years, 12 males and 3 females) at 7.4 +/- 1.5 months after successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). In PTCA segments with no restenosis, does-dependent constriction in response to acetylcholine was observed in only 1 patient. In non-PTCA segments of PTCA and non-PTCA arteries, 12 patients showed dose-dependent vasoconstriction in response to acetylcholine. Coronary spasm, which was defined as a more than 75% reduction in coronary diameter compared with that after isosorbide dinitrate, was provoked in one PTCA segment (7%). In non-PTCA segments of PTCA and non-PTCA arteries, 15 of 44 arteries (34%) demonstrated coronary spasm in 9 of 15 patients (60%, p < 0.005 vs PTCA segment). In conclusion, PTCA segments free of restenosis showed no hyper-reactivity to acetylcholine, while non-PTCA segments showed hypercontractility in response to acetylcholine. Coronary balloon angioplasty may alter the coronary vasomotor reaction to acetylcholine several months after angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, Hamanomachi General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Meno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Higashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takeshita
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D003329:Coronary Vasospasm / Q000139:chemically induced; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000187:drug effects*; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000109:Acetylcholine