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Coronary hemodynamics and myocardial metabolism during and after pacing stress in normal humans

P. Camici, P. Marraccini, M. Marzilli, R. Lorenzoni, G. Buzzigoli, R. Puntoni, C. Boni, C. R. Bellina, G. A. Klassen, A. L'Abbate and al. et
Coronary Unit Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Institute of Clinical Physiology, University of Pisa, Italy.

We investigated coronary hemodynamics, myocardial utilization of circulating substrates (by coronary sinus catheterization), and overall use of oxidative fuels (by regional indirect calorimetry) in healthy adults during incremental atrial pacing (up to 159 +/- 9 beats/min), and during 25 min of recovery. Great cardiac vein flow (thermodilution) increased from 52 +/- 9 to 115 +/- 15 ml/min (P less than 0.001) with pacing; myocardial O2 uptake (301 +/- 53 to 593 +/- 71 mumol/min, P less than 0.001) and CO2 production (225 +/- 37 to 518 +/- 66 mumol/min, P less than 0.005) paralleled the pacing-induced rise in rate-pressure product (9.4 +/- 0.9 to 21.1 +/- 1.1 mmHg.beat. min-1.10(-3), P less than 0.001). During recovery, all the above variables returned to base line within 5 min, but myocardial O2 extraction remained depressed (67 +/- 2 vs. 71 +/- 3%, P less than 0.05). Circulating glucose uptake rose linearly with pacing (P less than 0.05) and remained above base line throughout recovery. By contrast, free fatty acid (FFA) uptake (10 mumol/min) did not increase with pacing and fell during recovery (P less than 0.01). Calorimetry, however, showed that net lipid oxidation exceeded FFA uptake throughout the study, whereas net carbohydrate oxidation was small at base line, rose significantly at maximal pacing (62% of myocardial energy output), and remained above base line during recovery (32% of energy output). In the basal state as well as during recovery, myocardial uptake of glucose equivalents (lactate plus glucose plus pyruvate) was in excess of carbohydrate oxidation, indicating nonoxidative disposal of these substrates.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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