Abstract
In seven conscious dogs, endocardial ST-segment changes within the central ischemic area at 2 min after coronary occlusion were compared with the amount of reactive hyperemia and collateral blood flow. With the use of ultrasonic dimension gauges implanted in the subendocardium perfused by the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and left circumflex coronary artery (LCCA), endocardial electrocardiograms and regional myocardial dimensions were simultaneously measured. Collateral vessels were developed by repeated 2 min LCCA occlusions during three weeks. Blood flow debt repayment following the release of LCCA occlusion was measured using a Doppler flowmeter. The collateral blood flow from LCCA to the area supplied by the occluded LAD was measured as a stepwise reduction in LCCA flow upon the release of LAD occlusion. With the attenuation of myocardial ischemia due to the collateral development, endocardial ST-segment shift revealed earlier restoration compared with subendocardial function. In the presence of mild ischemia, the ST-segment was still elevated. Thus, endocardial ST-segment changes serve as an indirect functional index of collateral development as well as regional myocardial function and blood flow debt repayment.
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