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Clinical TrialVolume 71, Issue 19, May 2018

JOURNAL:J Am Coll Cardiol. Article Link

Local Low Shear Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients With Nonobstructive Coronary Atherosclerosis

G Siasos, JD Sara, PH Stone et al. Keywords: atherosclerosis; coronary artery disease; endothelial function; endothelial shear stress; endothelium microvascular disease

ABSTRACT


BACKGROUND - Local hemodynamic factors are important determinants of atherosclerotic plaque development and progression.


OBJECTIVES - The goal of this study was to determine the association between low endothelial shear stress (ESS) and microvascular and epicardial endothelial dysfunction in patients with early atherosclerosis.

METHODS - Sixty-five patients (mean age 52 ± 11 years) with nonobstructive coronary atherosclerosis (luminal diameter stenosis <30%) were included. Microvascular and epicardial coronary endothelial function was assessed by using intracoronary acetylcholine infusion. Vascular profiling, using 2-plane coronary angiography and intravascular ultrasound, was used to reconstruct the three-dimensional anatomy of the left anterior descending artery. Each reconstructed artery was divided into sequential 3-mm segments and analyzed for local ESS with computational fluid dynamics; that is, lower ESS levels at both a 3-mm regional level (average ESS and low ESS) and at a vessel level (lowest ESS per artery) and for plaque characteristics (plaque area, plaque thickness, and plaque burden).

RESULTS - Coronary segments in arteries with abnormal microvascular function exhibited lower ESS compared with segments in arteries with normal microvascular function (average ESS: 1.67 ± 1.04 Pa vs. 2.03 ± 1.72 Pa [p = 0.050]; lowest ESS: 0.54 ± 0.25 Pa vs. 0.72 ± 0.32 Pa [p = 0.014]). Coronary segments in arteries with abnormal epicardial endothelial function also exhibited significantly lower ESS compared with segments in arteries with normal epicardial function (average ESS: 1.49 ± 0.89 Pa vs. 1.93 ± 1.50 Pa [p < 0.0001]; low ESS: 1.26 ± 0.81 Pa vs. 1.56 ± 1.30 Pa [p = 0.001]; lowest ESS: 0.51 ± 0.27 Pa vs. 0.65 ± 0.29 Pa [p = 0.080]). Patients with abnormal microvascular endothelial function exhibited a progressive decrease in average and low ESS, starting from patients with normal epicardial endothelial function to those with both microvascular and epicardial endothelial dysfunction (p < 0.0001 and p = 0.004, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS - These data indicate an association between dysfunction of the microvascular and epicardial endothelium and local ESS at the early stages of coronary atherosclerosis in humans.