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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI117632

31P-nuclear magnetic resonance studies of chronic myocardial ischemia in the Yucatan micropig.

D P Rath, M Bailey, H Zhang, Z Jiang, A M Abduljalil, S Weisbrode, R L Hamlin, and P M Robitaille

Department of Radiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.

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Published January 1, 1995 - More info

Published in Volume 95, Issue 1 on January 1, 1995
J Clin Invest. 1995;95(1):151–157. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI117632.
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Abstract

In this work, an x-irradiation/high fat/high cholesterol diet-induced atherogenic model was invoked to examine the effects of severe diffuse atherosclerosis on myocardial metabolism in the in vivo porcine heart. This model was studied using spatially localized 31P-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to monitor pH and the levels of inorganic phosphate, phosphomonoesters, creatine phosphate, and adenosine triphosphate as a function of workload transmurally in control swine and in animals suffering from chronic ischemic heart disease. These preliminary studies revealed that the development of severe atherosclerosis and the accompanying chronically diseased state produce changes in high energy phosphates and that increases in rate pressure products result in demonstrable signs of ischemia in the myocardium which span the entire left ventricular wall. Ischemic changes include a global increase in inorganic phosphate and corresponding decreases in creatine phosphate, ATP, and pH. Importantly, changes in intracellular pH are noted with even the slightest increase in workload suggesting that these diseased hearts display elevated glycolytic activity. By challenging these animals with increased cardiac workload, we directly visualize how the chronically compromised heart responds to severe oxygen challenges in a clinically relevant model of this situation.

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