| Literature DB >> 25367207 |
Emanuele Barbato1, Giovanna Sarno, Catalina Trana Berza, Giuseppe Di Gioia, Jozef Bartunek, Marc Vanderheyden, Luigi Di Serafino, William Wijns, Bruno Trimarco, Bernard De Bruyne.
Abstract
We investigated the effect of β- and α-adrenergic blockers on fractional flow reserve (FFR) and index of microvascular resistance (IMR). In 43 patients (pts) with intermediate stenoses, we measured FFR and IMR before and after nonselective β-blocker propranolol (30 μg/kg, n = 20) and selective β1-blocker metoprolol (40 μg/kg, n = 23) IC; (b) In additional 21 pts after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), FFR and IMR were measured before and after α-blocker phentolamine (3 mg) IC. Neither propranolol nor metoprolol changed values of FFR and IMR. Phentolamine slightly decreased FFR (from 0.88 ± 0.05 to 0.87 ± 0.06, p = 0.025) but did not change IMR. FFR decreased from >0.80 to ≤0.80 in 3 pts (14%), but in none, the value decreased to <0.75. β-blockers do not affect FFR and IMR in intermediate stenoses. After PCI, a mild decrease in FFR occurs after α-blockers, though of limited clinical impact.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID： 25367207 DOI： 10.1007/s12265-014-9599-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cardiovasc Transl Res ISSN： 1937-5387 Impact factor: 4.132