Abstract
The effects of an intracoronary infusion of N G-monomethyl- l-arginine (LNMMA) followed by intracoronary administration of nitroglycerin in non-stenotic proximal and distal coronary segments were studied in 11 patients with coronary artery disease and in 19 subjects with “normal arteriograms”. In normal subjects, LNMMA induced significant constriction ( p<0.01) of proximal and distal vessels in non-smokers and smokers. In normal non-smokers, the reduction in coronary luminal diameter of proximal segments was significantly greater compared to normal smokers ( p<0.05). In patients with coronary artery disease, LNMMA induced significant constriction of proximal and distal vessels in smokers, and only distal constriction in non-smokers ( p<0.01). The reduction in coronary luminal diameter of the distal segments in normal smokers, and in both groups in patients with coronary artery disease was significantly greater compared with proximal segments ( p<0.05). Therefore, the difference in vasomotor response to LNMMA in relation to smoking is localised to the proximal coronary segments.
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