Metabolic and hormonal blood flow modeling in patients with coronary heart disease: In vitro and clinical study

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 173-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia I. Malinova ◽  
Georgy V. Simonenko ◽  
Tatyana P. Denisova ◽  
Valery V. Tuchin
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24
Author(s):  
I. M. Kadanova ◽  
A. I. Neznanov ◽  
A. Е. Lugovtsov ◽  
Yu. I. Gurfinkel ◽  
A. A. Pigurenko ◽  
...  

Introduction. Blood microcirculation and its microrheologic properties are impaired in cardiovascular diseases. Microrheologic properties are characterized by the red blood cells (RBC) ability to aggregate and disaggregate. Therefore, the correlation studies between RBC aggregation and microcirculation disorders in pathologies are of interest for the development of theoretical concepts related to blood flow and for clinical practice.Aim. To analyze the correlation between capillary blood flow parameters measured in vivo and microrheologic blood parameters measured in vitro in patients suffering arterial hypertension (AH) and coronary heart disease (CHD).Materials and methods. We studied 3 groups of people: patients suffering AH, patients suffering AH+CHD and healthy donors. The characteristic aggregation time and aggregation index were measured in vitro by laser aggregometry. Analysis of capillary blood velocity (CBV) and assessment of the presence and absence of RBC aggregates in the nail bed capillaries were performed in vivo using vital digital capillaroscopy (VDC).Results. RBC aggregation for groups of patients suffering AH and AH+CHD was increased compared to the control group. Thus, in these patients groups, the characteristic aggregation time significantly decreases by an average of (38±13) %. Comparison of the results obtained using in vitro and in vivo methods showed the aggregation index for individuals with high CBV was significantly lower than for individuals with low CBV. The tendency is that the number of aggregates in the capillaries increases with a decrease in CBV.Conclusion. RBC aggregation is increased in groups of patients suffering AH and AH+CHD compared to the control group. The correlation between parameters measured in vitro and in vivo is evident for patients divided into subgroups according to parameters measured using the VDC. The obtained results allow us to conclude that the used methods are applicable in clinical practice.


2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lidia I. Malinova ◽  
Georgy V. Simonenko ◽  
Tatyana P. Denisova ◽  
Valery V. Tuchin

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Wanda Acampa ◽  
Mario Petretta ◽  
Carmela Nappi ◽  
Alberto Cuocolo ◽  
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Many non-invasive imaging techniques are available for the evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary heart disease. Among these, computed-tomography-based techniques allow the quantification of coronary atherosclerotic calcium and non-invasive imaging of coronary arteries, whereas nuclear cardiology is the most widely used non-invasive approach for the assessment of myocardial perfusion. The available single-photon-emission computed tomography flow agents are characterised by a cardiac uptake proportional to myocardial blood flow. In addition, different positron emission tomography tracers may be used for the quantitative measurement of myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve. Extensive research is being performed in the development of non-invasive coronary angiography and myocardial perfusion imaging using cardiac magnetic resonance. Finally, new multimodality imaging systems have recently been developed bringing together anatomical and functional information. This article provides a description of the available non-invasive imaging techniques in the assessment of coronary anatomy and myocardial perfusion in patients with known or suspected coronary heart disease.


Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Anastasia Maslianitsyna ◽  
Petr Ermolinskiy ◽  
Andrei Lugovtsov ◽  
Alexandra Pigurenko ◽  
Maria Sasonko ◽  
...  

Coronary heart disease (CHD) has serious implications for human health and needs to be diagnosed as early as possible. In this article in vivo and in vitro optical methods are used to study blood properties related to the aggregation of red blood cells in patients with CHD and comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The results show not only a significant difference of the aggregation in patients compared to healthy people, but also a correspondence between in vivo and in vitro parameters. Red blood cells aggregate in CHD patients faster and more numerously; in particular the aggregation index increases by 20 ± 7%. The presence of T2DM also significantly elevates aggregation in CHD patients. This work demonstrates multimodal diagnostics and monitoring of patients with socially significant pathologies.


2013 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. CMT.S7824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Aldakkak ◽  
David F. Stowe ◽  
Amadou K.S. Camara

Coronary heart disease is a global malady and it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Chronic stable angina is the most common manifestation of coronary heart disease and it results from the imbalance between myocardial oxygen supply and demand due to reduction in coronary blood flow. Therefore, in addition to lifestyle changes, commonly used pharmaceutical treatments for angina (nitrates, β-blockers, Ca2+ channel blockers) are aimed at increasing blood flow or decreasing O2 demand. However, patients may continue to experience symptoms of angina. Ranolazine is a relatively new drug with anti-anginal and anti-arrhythmic effects. Its anti-anginal mechanism is not clearly understood but the general consensus is that ranolazine brings about its anti-anginal effects by inhibiting the late Na+ current and the subsequent intracellular Ca2+ accumulation. Recent studies suggest other effects of ranolazine that may explain its anti-anginal and anti-arrhythmic effects. Nonetheless, clinical trials have proven the efficacy of ranolazine in treating chronic angina. It has been shown to be ineffective, however, in treating acute coronary syndrome patients. Ranolazine is a safe drug with minimal side effects. It is metabolized mainly in the liver and cleared by the kidney. Therefore, caution must be taken in patients with impaired hepatic or renal function. Due to its efficacy and safety, ranolazine was approved for the treatment of chronic angina by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2006.


1993 ◽  
Vol 265 (2) ◽  
pp. H774-H778 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. F. Fitzpatrick ◽  
S. L. Hirschfield ◽  
R. G. Coffey

Current interest in the presumed benefits of wine in protecting against coronary heart disease prompted us to investigate possible effects of various grape products on vascular function in vitro. Certain wines, grape juices, and grape skin extracts relaxed precontracted smooth muscle of intact rat aortic rings but had no effect on aortas in which the endothelium had been removed. Quercitin and tannic acid, compounds known to be present in grape skins, also produced endothelium-dependent relaxation; two other grape skin compounds, resveratrol and malvidin, did not relax the rings. Phenylephrine-induced contractions were attenuated by prior exposure of aortic rings to grape skin extracts. The extracts also increased guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) levels in intact vascular tissue, and both relaxation and the increase in cGMP were reversed by NG-monomethyl-L-arginine and NG-nitro-L-arginine, competitive inhibitors of the synthesis of the endothelium-derived relaxing factor, nitric oxide (NO). The vasorelaxation induced by grape products therefore appears to be mediated by the NO-cGMP pathway. If such responses occur in vivo, they could conceivably help to maintain a patent coronary artery and thereby possibly contribute to a reduced incidence of coronary heart disease.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Sun ◽  
Shuna Huang ◽  
Chunyu Wan ◽  
Qishuang Ruan ◽  
Xiaoxu Xie ◽  
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Background: This study investigated the association between long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) and coronary heart disease (CHD) and further elucidated the potential biological roles of lncRNAs in CHD pathogenesis.Methods: A case-control study (590 patients and 590 controls) was conducted from February 2017 and March 2019 in Fuzhou, China. Environmental factors were investigated using questionnaires and physical examinations. Five representative lncRNAs were screened using lncRNA microarray (peripheral blood in 5 cases and 5 controls) and further verified by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (peripheral blood leukocyte in 100 cases and 100 controls). Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) was used to induce a human coronary artery endothelial cell (HCAECs) injury model, and loss of function was used to elucidate the role of lncRNA ENST00000609755.1 (lnc-MICALL2-2) in oxLDL-induced HCAECs injury.Results: A total of 320 lncRNAs were found dysregulated in CHD patients (fold change> 2, p < 0.05). The results of a discovery microarray, population verification and HCAEC experiments suggested the lnc-MICALL2-2 is upregulated in CHD subjects and in an oxLDL-induced HCAECs injury model. Conversely, lnc-MICALL2-2 inhibition in vitro attenuated the effects of oxLDL on HCAECs morphology, proliferation, and apoptosis.Conclusion: Elevated expression of lnc-MICALL2-2 is an independent risk factor for CHD, and knockdown subsequently confers protection against early pathological processes of oxLDL-induced CHD.


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