title: Catheter-based ventricle-coronary vein bypass.
abstract: The goal of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a catheter-based ventricle-to-coronary vein bypass (VPASS) in order to achieve retrograde myocardial perfusion by a conduit (VSTENT) from the left ventricle (LV) to the anterior interventricular vein (AIV). Percutaneous coronary venous arterialization has been proposed as a potential treatment strategy for otherwise untreatable coronary artery disease. In an acute setting, the VSTENT implant was deployed percutaneously using the VPASS procedure in five swine. Coronary venous flow and pressure patterns were measured before and after VSTENT implant deployment with and without AIV and left anterior descending artery (LAD) occlusion. In a separate chronic pilot study, the VPASS procedure was completed on two animals that had a mid-LAD occlusion or LAD stenosis. At day 30 post-VPASS procedure, left ventriculography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed to assess the patency and myocardial viability of the VSTENT implants. Pre-VSTENT implantation, the mid-AIV systolic wedge pressure was significantly lower than LV systolic pressure during AIV blockage (46 +/- 19 vs. 90 +/- 16 mm Hg; P < 0.01). The VSTENT implant deployment was performed without complication and achieved equalization of the AIV and LV systolic pressures and creation of retrograde flow in the distal AIV (maximal flow velocity: 37 +/- 7 cm/sec). At day 30 post-VPASS procedure, left ventriculography showed VSTENT implant patency. MRI perfusion images demonstrated myocardial viability even with an LAD occlusion. Coronary retrograde perfusion using the VPASS procedure is feasible and may represent a potential technique for end-stage myocardial ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Laboratory of Integrative Physiology and Imaging, Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA. mhayase@partners.org
authors.forename: Motoya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayase
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawase
authors.forename: Ryuichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoneyama
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.forename: Briain D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: MacNeill
authors.forename: Harry C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burkhoff
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boekstegers
authors.forename: Roger J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Hajjar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D023421:Models, Animal; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D013552:Swine; D014680:Veins