1. Abnormal myocardial free fatty acid utilization deteriorates with morphological changes in the hypertensive heart.
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Nakayama H, Morozumi T, Nanto S, Shimonagata T, Ohara T, Takano Y, Kotani J, Watanabe T, Fujita M, Nishio M, Kusuoka H, Hori M, and Nagata S
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- Aged, Echocardiography, Energy Metabolism physiology, Fatty Acids pharmacokinetics, Female, Heart Ventricles diagnostic imaging, Heart Ventricles metabolism, Heart Ventricles pathology, Hemodynamics, Humans, Hypertension diagnostic imaging, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular diagnostic imaging, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular metabolism, Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular pathology, Iodine Radioisotopes, Iodobenzenes pharmacokinetics, Male, Middle Aged, Radionuclide Imaging, Thallium Radioisotopes pharmacokinetics, Ventricular Remodeling, Fatty Acids, Nonesterified metabolism, Hypertension metabolism, Hypertension pathology, Myocardium metabolism, Myocardium pathology
- Abstract
The left ventricle's morphological adaptation to high blood pressure is classified into 4 patterns based on mass and wall thickness. The geometric changes caused by maladaptation to pressure overload possibly relate to progression of contractile dysfunction with abnormal energy metabolism. The present study assessed whether the geometric adaptation of the left ventricle (LV) to high blood pressure relates to changes in myocardial energy metabolism, especially free fatty acid (FFA) utilization. Thirty-five patients with essential hypertension underwent echocardiography and dual isotopes myocardial scintigraphy using iodine-123 labeled 15-p-iodophenyl-3-(R,S)-methylpentadecanoic acid (BMIPP, an analogue of a FFA) and thallium-201 (Tl-201). Systolic (endocardial fractional shortening; %FS) and diastolic indices (the ratio of early to atrial filling waves; E/A) of LV function were also assessed. Quantitative myocardial BMIPP uptake was evaluated by the BMIPP/TI-201 myocardial uptake ratio (B/T). The subjects were divided into 4 groups based on LV mass and wall thickness: (1) concentric hypertrophy (CH), (2) eccentric hypertrophy (EH), (3) concentric remodeling (CR), and (4) normal geometry (N). The %FS was lower in the EH group than in the other groups. The mitral E/A ratio in the CH group was lowest. B/T was significantly decreased in the EH group compared with the N group (p < 0.05). B/T correlated with the mitral E/A ratio significantly (p < 0.05, r = 0.42), whereas there was no relationship between %FS and B/T. These results indicate that the geometric changes occurring in hypertensive hearts strongly correlate with alternations in cardiac function and with abnormal myocardial FFA metabolism, and that the latter is associated with diastolic abnormality, but not with systolic function.
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- 2001
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