Coronary Venous Arterialization: Acute Hemodynamic, Metabolic, and Chronic Anatomical Observations

Nine dogs that had anastomosis of the internal mammary artery (IMA) to the left anterior descending coronary vein (LADV) were studied acutely on right-heart bypass. Occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LADA) and LADV without venous arterialization resulted in a significant decl...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Annals of thoracic surgery 1977-05, Vol.23 (5), p.449-454
Hauptverfasser: Marco, Joseph D., Hahn, John W., Barner, Hendrick B., Jellinek, Max, Blair, Olga M., Standeven, John W., Kaiser, George C.
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Zusammenfassung:Nine dogs that had anastomosis of the internal mammary artery (IMA) to the left anterior descending coronary vein (LADV) were studied acutely on right-heart bypass. Occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LADA) and LADV without venous arterialization resulted in a significant decline in stroke work, total coronary flow, and myocardial oxygen uptake; with reactive hyperemia an increase in lactate and pyruvate consumption resulted. Occlusion of the LADA and LADV with VA did not change these variables greatly, except for a marked increase in total coronary flow with reactive hyperemia. Chronic venous arterialization in 14 dogs was associated with a 14% mortality, while 10 controls had a 40% mortality. Dogs were killed at six weeks, and prior angiography in 9 showed patency of the IMA to the heart without filling of cardiac veins. All dogs had infarcts in the distribution of the LADA; these infarcts were smaller in dogs with venous arterialization. The anastomoses were obliterated by mature or maturing fibrous tissue, with alteration of the vein so that it was frequently not discernible, while the IMA was well preserved. Distal veins had foci of intimal proliferation, subintimal fibrosis, and medial hypertrophy. Although venous arterialization provides protection for the acutely ischemic myocardium, this effect does not persist, perhaps because of anastomotic occlusion due to fibrous proliferation.
ISSN:0003-4975
1552-6259
DOI:10.1016/S0003-4975(10)64165-3