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Lipoprotein Apheresis Acutely Reverses Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in Patients With Severe Hypercholesterolemia
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June 19 2018
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Source:JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 12(8 Pt 1):1430-1440
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Language:English
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Alternative Title:JACC Cardiovasc Imaging
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Description:OBJECTIVES The study evaluated whether lipoprotein apheresis produces immediate changes in resting perfusion in subjects with severe hypercholesterolemia, and whether there is a difference in the response between peripheral and coronary microcirculations. BACKGROUND Lipoprotein apheresis is used in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia to reduce plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. METHODS Quantitative contrast-enhanced ultrasound perfusion imaging of the myocardium at rest and skeletal muscle at rest and during calibrated contractile exercise was performed before and immediately after lipoprotein apheresis in 8 subjects with severe hypercholesterolemia, 7 of whom had a diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia. Myocardial perfusion imaging was also performed in 14 normal control subjects. Changes in myocardial work and left ventricular function were assessed by echocardiography. Ex vivo ovine coronary and femoral artery ring tension assays were assessed in the presence of pre- and post-apheresis plasma. RESULTS Apheresis acutely decreased low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (234.9 ± 103.2 mg/dl vs. 67.1 ± 49.5 mg/dl; p < 0.01) and oxidized phospholipid on apolipoprotein B-100 (60.2 ± 55.2 nmol/l vs. 47.0 ± 24.5 nmol/l; p = 0.01), and acutely increased resting myocardial perfusion (55.1 [95% confidence interval: 77.2 to 73.1] vs. 135 [95% confidence interval: 81.2 to 189.6] IU/s; p = 0.01), without changes in myocardial work. Myocardial longitudinal strain improved in those subjects with reduced pre-apheresis function. Skeletal muscle perfusion at rest and during contractile exercise was unchanged by apheresis. Acetylcholine-mediated dilation of ex vivo ovine coronary but not femoral arteries was impaired in pre-apheresis plasma and was completely reversed in post-apheresis plasma. CONCLUSIONS Lipoprotein apheresis produces an immediate improvement in coronary microvascular function, which increases myocardial perfusion and normalizes endothelial-dependent vasodilation. These changes are not observed in the periphery. (Acute Microvascular Changes With LDL Apheresis; NCT02388633).
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Pubmed ID:29909101
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6458098
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Funding:P51 OD011092/ODCDC CDC HHS/Office of the Director/United States ; R35 HL135737/NHLBI NIH HHS/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/United States ; R01 HL106579/NHLBI NIH HHS/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/United States ; P01 HL136275/NHLBI NIH HHS/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/United States ; R01 HL111969/NHLBI NIH HHS/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/United States ; ... More ▼
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