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Cardiovascular Research 2001 50(1):151-161; doi:10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00202-4
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Copyright © 2001, European Society of Cardiology

Heterogeneity of resting and hyperemic myocardial blood flow in healthy humans

Panithaya Chareonthaitaweea,c, Philipp A Kaufmannb, Ornella Rimoldic and Paolo G Camicic,*

aDivision of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
bCardiovascular Center, Nuclear Cardiology University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
cMRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44-20-8383-3186; fax: +44-20-8383-3742 paolo.camici{at}csc.mrc.ac.uk

Objective: Absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) is not well-defined in large normal populations, and appears to be heterogeneous in both humans and animals. These factors contribute to the difficulties in defining resting MBF to hibernating myocardium. We therefore assessed absolute baseline and hyperemic MBF in a large population of normal humans. Methods: MBF was quantified by positron emission tomography with oxygen-15-labeled water at baseline and during hyperemia induced by either adenosine or dipyridamole in 131 men and 38 women, aged 21–86 (mean 46±12) years. MBF was corrected for workload using the rate-pressure product (RPP). Results: Uncorrected baseline MBF ranged from 0.590 to 2.050 (mean 0.985±0.230) ml/min/g (coefficient of variation=27%), and corrected MBF from 0.736 to 2.428 (mean 1.330±0.316) ml/min/g (coefficient of variation=24%). MBF in the inferior region was significantly (P<0.0001) lower than either the anterior or lateral regions. Baseline MBF in females was significantly (P<0.001) higher than in males. Conclusions: These results confirm the heterogeneity of MBF in normals and highlight the difficulty in establishing the lower limit of normal MBF.

KEYWORDS Adenosine; Blood flow; Coronary circulation


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