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- This study investigates whether measuring endothelial function in larger arteries reflects the condition of smaller resistance arteries in patients who have had a heart attack.
- Researchers found that patients with coronary artery disease exhibited reduced blood vessel response compared to healthy individuals, indicating less effective endothelial function.
- There was a notable correlation between the function of large and small arteries, suggesting that endothelial dysfunction is present in both and is linked in individuals with a history of myocardial infarction.
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The aims of this study were to determine whether non-invasive measurement of endothelial function in conduit arteries reflects that of subcutaneous resistance arteries measured in vitro and to examine whether there is an endothelial dysfunction also in resistance arteries in patients with a previous myocardial infarction. The brachial artery diameter responses to a hyperemic flow stimulus and an in vitro method, pressure myography, to directly evaluate flow-mediated responses in arteries obtained from biopsies of subcutaneous fat were measured in 25 patients with a previous myocardial infarction and in 8 aged matched healthy subjects. Flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery was more pronounced in the healthy group compared with the group with coronary disease, 5.1 +/- 2.5% and 2.6 +/- 2.1%, respectively (p < 0.05). The flow-mediated dilatation in subcutaneous arteries from CHD patients was significantly reduced compared to control subjects (e.g. percent change from initial preconstriction at maximum flow rate of 204 microl/min: 42 +/- 7% CHD (n = 25) versus 84 +/- 24% control (n = 8), ANOVA, p = 0.03). There was a significant correlation between flow-mediated dilatation of the brachial artery and maximum flow-mediated dilatation at microvascular level, (p < 0.01). In conclusion this study demonstrates endothelial dysfunction in both conduit and resistance circulation in patients after myocardial infarction compared to an aged-matched healthy control group. Furthermore, a significant and independent relationship between endothelial function by means of flow-mediated dilatation in large conduit arteries and resistance arteries was observed.
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