title: Metabolic coronary-flow regulation and exogenous nitric oxide in human coronary artery disease: assessment by intravenous administration of nitroglycerin.
abstract: We sought to evaluate the effect of intravenous administration of the nitric oxide--donor substance nitroglycerin (NTG) on metabolic coronary-flow regulation in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). In 12 patients with stable CAD, we measured coronary sinus blood flow and myocardial oxygen supply and consumption (MVO2) at sinus rhythm and during atrial pacing (30 beats/min above sinus rate), both at control and during infusion of NTG, 1 microg/kg/min, and NTG, 2 microg/kg/min. To study metabolic coronary vasodilation, changes in myocardial oxygen supply were related to pacing-induced changes in MVO2, by using standard regression analysis. The myocardial oxygen supply/consumption ratio (i.e., the slope of the regression line at control, characterizing physiological metabolic coronary flow regulation) was compared with the ratios obtained during infusion of NTG. Compared with control measurements, NTG, 1 microg/kg/min, and NTG, 2 microg/kg/min, attenuated pacing-induced increases in MVO2 by 29 and 60%, respectively, whereas coronary blood flow during pacing remained unchanged. At control, normal metabolic coronary-flow regulation resulted in a myocardial oxygen supply/demand ratio of 1.39 (95% CI, 1.29-1.49). This ratio did not change during NTG, 1 microg/kg/min: 1.44 (95% CI, 1.33-1.56). However, during NTG, 2 microg/kg/min, this ratio significantly increased to 1.84 (95% CI, 1.63-2.05; p<0.01). Intravenous administration of high-dose NTG, a donor of exogenous NO, blunts pacing-induced increases in MVO2 and may increase metabolic coronary vasodilation in patients with CAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kal
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Van Wezel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Porsius
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vergroesen
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Spaan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019344:Lactic Acid; D005996:Nitroglycerin