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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanism by which dobutamine increases the contraction of chronically dysfunctional myocardium and its effects on metabolism are still unknown. The aim of this study was to assess regional myocardial metabolism at rest and during an intracoronary dobutamine infusion in patients with hibernating myocardium. Eleven asymptomatic patients with single proximal stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery and persistent left ventricular dysfunction at rest (undergoing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [PTCA]) were studied prospectively. Regional left ventricular function was assessed by two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography and regional perfusion by thallium-201 single-proton-emission computed tomography. Great cardiac vein and aortic blood samples were obtained for measurements of lactate and plasma free fatty acid (FFA) concentrations. Inotropic challenge, obtained by using intracoronary dobutamine infusion, increases regional left ventricular function. However, the arteriovenous AV lactate difference was 0.206 = 0.070 mmol/L at rest, and it decreased to 0.018 = 0.069 mmol/L (p < 0.05 vs baseline) and 0.066 = 0.068 mmol/L (p < 0.05 vs baseline) at 4 and 10 minutes of dobutamine infusion, respectively. Thus the hibernating myocardium does not produce lactate at rest. However, when regional contraction is stimulated, dobutamine-induced inotropic challenge may cause a perfusion-contraction mismatch with an activation of anaerobic glycolysis.
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
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
542-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Anaerobiosis, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Cardiotonic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Coronary Disease, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Coronary Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Dobutamine, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Fatty Acids, Nonesterified, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Glycolysis, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Infusions, Intra-Arterial, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Lactates, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Myocardial Contraction, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Rest, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Thallium Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Ventricular Dysfunction, Left, pubmed-meshheading:8800023-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Inotropic stimulation by dobutamine increases left ventricular regional function at the expense of metabolism in hibernating myocardium.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Federico II University. Napoli, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article