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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-10-13
pubmed:abstractText
We evaluated the changes in regional coronary hemodynamics induced by diltiazem, 0.25 mg/kg intravenously, in nine patients with 75% to 90% diameter stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) (group 1) and in 10 patients with 100% occlusion of the LAD and collaterals to the distal LAD (group 2). Although diltiazem induced similar changes in systemic hemodynamics in the two groups, a decrease in anterior coronary vascular resistance (ACVR) and an increase in great cardiac vein flow (GCVF) were observed after administration of diltiazem in all patients in group 1 but in only 6 of 10 patients in group 2 (subgroup 2B). ACVR increased and GCVF decreased after administration of diltiazem in 4 of 10 patients in group 2 (subgroup 2A). Clinico-angiographic characteristics, origin of collaterals, and diltiazem-induced changes in systemic hemodynamics were similar in subgroups 2A and 2B. Thus diltiazem increases coronary flow distal to a stenotic coronary artery but can decrease regional coronary flow and increase regional coronary resistance in a minority of patients with an occluded coronary artery supplied by collaterals, probably through a steal mechanism.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-8703
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
116
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
799-805
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Regional coronary hemodynamic effects of diltiazem in man.
pubmed:affiliation
I Cattedra di Medicina Interna, Istituto di Medicina Interna, University of Naples, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study