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Endothelial Control of Arterial Distensibility Is Impaired in Chronic Heart Failure
From the Cardiovascular Sciences Research Group, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
Correspondence to Dr M.W. Ramsey, Department of Cardiology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XN, UK.
Background Vascular tone is a determinant of conduit artery distensibility. The aim of this study was to establish whether endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) influences the distensibility of conduit arteries and whether endothelium-mediated increases in distensibility are impaired in chronic heart failure (CHF).
Methods and Results Conduit artery distensibility was measured by two methods in healthy subjects and in nine patients with CHF caused by dilated cardiomyopathy. In the first method, pulse-wave velocity (PWV) was measured in the right common iliac artery at rest and during local infusions of acetylcholine (10-7 to 10-5 mol/L) or adenosine (2x10-7 to 2x10-5 mol/L), with correction for systemic effects. Acetylcholine induced concentration-dependent local reductions of PWV in healthy subjects (-5%, -15%, and -26%) but not in CHF patients (3%, 1% , -4%, P<.01), whereas adenosine induced similar reductions of PWV in healthy subjects and CHF patients. In the second method, brachial artery diameter, blood flow, and blood pressure were measured noninvasively by high-resolution ultrasound, continuous-wave Doppler, and photoplethysmography during reactive hyperemia in the hand and after sublingual glyceryl trinitrate (GTN, 400 µg). Hyperemic flow, similar in healthy subjects and CHF patients, was associated with increases in diameter and distensibility in healthy subjects (8.8% and 18.4%, respectively) but not in CHF patients (0.3% and -4.5%), whereas GTN induced similar effects in healthy subjects and CHF patients.
Conclusions These data indicate that conduit artery distensibility is increased by acetylcholine and increased blood flow in healthy subjects but not in CHF patients, whereas the effects of adenosine and GTN on distensibility are preserved in CHF patients. This implies that EDRF-mediated increases in distensibility are impaired in CHF patients, thus adding to cardiac work.
Key Words: arteries • elasticity • heart failure • endothelium-derived factors
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