Coronary Artery Reperfusion: II. REDUCTION OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCT SIZE AT 1 WEEK AFTER THE CORONARY OCCLUSION
AUTOR(ES)
Ginks, W. R.
RESUMO
The question of whether or not the size of an area of myocardial infarction, measured at 1 wk after coronary occlusion, can be influenced by coronary artery reperfusion was examined in dogs. In seven control experiments the anterior descending coronary artery was ligated, while in seven other studies the occlusion was released after 3 hr. In all animals calibrated photographs were used to assess the zone of hypoperfusion and the acutely injured area of epicardial ST segment elevation, as well as the extent of damage at postmortem 1 wk later. In control dogs, the gross infarct size at postmortem averaged 63.8±7.3% of that predicted from the acutely injured zone. However, in reperfused hearts the average gross infarct size at 1 wk was only 10.2±4.4% of that predicted. Transmural specimens were obtained at autopsy for histology and measurement of myocardial creatine phosphokinase (CPK) activity from sites initially used for epicardial electrocardiography. In control animals, there was a direct relationship between the degree of ST segment elevation and the degree of cell necrosis in transmural histologic sections. ST segment elevation also predicted myocardial CPK (international units per milligram protein): log CPK = − 0.0613 ST + 1.17 (r = 0.66, n = 56 sites). In the reperfused animals, log CPK = − 0.166 ST + 1.36 (r = 0.69, n = 46 sites) showing almost complete preservation of CPK activity at 1 wk, sparing being most prominent in the epicardial zone. Similarly, there was a good correlation between myocardial CPK activity and the histological assessment of cell destruction, the degree of cell damage = − 0.152 CPK + 3.86 (r = 0.86; n = 102 sites). Thus, control dogs showed severe myocardial CPK depletion and histologic evidence of extensive cell destruction, whereas animals subjected to coronary artery reperfusion had little CPK depletion and much less evidence of myocardial cell necrosis 1 wk later.
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