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Open Access 01-03-2020 | Hypercholesterolemia | Original Contribution

Perturbations in myocardial perfusion and oxygen balance in swine with multiple risk factors: a novel model of ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease

Authors: Jens van de Wouw, Oana Sorop, Ruben W. A. van Drie, Richard W. B. van Duin, Isabel T. N. Nguyen, Jaap A. Joles, Marianne C. Verhaar, Daphne Merkus, Dirk J. Duncker

Published in: Basic Research in Cardiology | Issue 2/2020

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Abstract

Comorbidities of ischemic heart disease, including diabetes mellitus (DM), hypercholesterolemia (HC) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), are associated with coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD). Increasing evidence suggests that CMD may contribute to myocardial ‘Ischemia and No Obstructive Coronary Artery disease’ (INOCA). In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that CMD results in perturbations in myocardial perfusion and oxygen delivery using a novel swine model with multiple comorbidities. DM (streptozotocin), HC (high-fat diet) and CKD (renal embolization) were induced in 10 female swine (DM + HC + CKD), while 12 healthy female swine on a normal diet served as controls (Normal). After 5 months, at a time when coronary atherosclerosis was still negligible, myocardial perfusion, metabolism, and function were studied at rest and during treadmill exercise. DM + HC + CKD animals showed hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia, and impaired kidney function. During exercise, DM + HC + CKD swine demonstrated perturbations in myocardial blood flow and oxygen delivery, necessitating a higher myocardial oxygen extraction—achieved despite reduced capillary density—resulting in lower coronary venous oxygen levels. Moreover, myocardial efficiency was lower, requiring higher oxygen consumption for a given level of myocardial work. These perturbations in myocardial oxygen balance were associated with lower myocardial lactate consumption, stroke volume, and LVdP/dtmax, suggestive of myocardial ischemia and dysfunction. Further analyses showed a reduction in adenosine-recruitable coronary flow reserve, but this was exclusively the result of an increase in basal coronary blood flow, while maximal coronary flow per gram of myocardium was maintained; the latter was consistent with the unchanged arteriolar wall/lumen ratio, arteriolar density and peri-arteriolar collagen content. However, isolated small arteries displayed selective blunting of endothelium-dependent vasodilation in response to bradykinin in DM + HC + CKD swine, suggesting that changes in coronary microvascular function rather than in structure contributed to the perturbations in myocardial oxygen delivery. In conclusion, common comorbidities in swine result in CMD, in the absence of appreciable atherosclerosis, which is severe enough to produce perturbations in myocardial oxygen balance, particularly during exercise, resembling key features of INOCA.
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Metadata
Title
Perturbations in myocardial perfusion and oxygen balance in swine with multiple risk factors: a novel model of ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease
Authors
Jens van de Wouw
Oana Sorop
Ruben W. A. van Drie
Richard W. B. van Duin
Isabel T. N. Nguyen
Jaap A. Joles
Marianne C. Verhaar
Daphne Merkus
Dirk J. Duncker
Publication date
01-03-2020
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Basic Research in Cardiology / Issue 2/2020
Print ISSN: 0300-8428
Electronic ISSN: 1435-1803
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00395-020-0778-2

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