Effects of Selective α 1 - and α 2 -Adrenergic Blockade on Coronary Flow Reserve After Coronary Stenting
- 3 December 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 106 (23) , 2901-2907
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000040998.88272.a7
Abstract
Background— Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is not normalized shortly after coronary stenting. We hypothesized that α-adrenergic coronary vasoconstriction acts to limit CFR. Methods and Results— We assessed flow velocity by Doppler wires and cross-sectional area by angiography in 46 patients undergoing coronary culprit lesion stenting (81±4% stenosis). Hyperemia was induced by adenosine (24 μg IC or 140 μg/kg per minute IV) before and after stenting. Finally, either the α 1 -antagonist urapidil (10 mg IC) or the α 2 -antagonist yohimbine (3 mg IC) was randomly combined with adenosine. In 8 subjects with angiographically normal coronary arteries, CFR was increased from 3.21±0.30 to 3.74±0.43 by yohimbine and to 4.58±0.65 by urapidil, respectively ( P =0.0001). Patients were divided according to the cutoff of CFR ≥3.0 (n=18) or 3.0 and Conclusions— Urapidil and yohimbine attenuated the CFR impairment occurring after revascularization by increasing both the epicardial vasodilator effect of adenosine and the blood flow velocity, thus suggesting that the adrenergic system plays an important role in limiting the capacity of the coronary circulation to dilate.Keywords
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