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Issue title: Selected Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM), 18–21 June, 2011, Munich, Germany
Article type: Research Article
Authors: Abegunewardene, Nico | Schmidt, Kai-Helge | Vosseler, Markus | Kreitner, Karl-Friedrich | Schreiber, Laura M. | Lehr, Hans-Anton | Gori, Tommaso | Münzel, Thomas | Horstick, Georg
Affiliations: Department of Medicine II, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany | Department of Radiology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany | Section of Medical Physics, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany | Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Institut Universitaire de Pathologie, Lausanne, Switzerland
Note: [] Corresponding author: Dr. Nico Abegunewardene, Johannes Gutenberg - University Mainz, Department of Medicine II, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. Tel.: +49 6131 17 5737; Fax: +49 6131 17 5660; E-mail: nico@uni-mainz.de
Abstract: Aims: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of transient local myocardial gene transfer of iNOS on cardiac function in a large mammal animal model of heart failure induced by chronic ischemia. Methods: Chronic myocardial ischemia was induced using a minimally invasive model in 16 landrace pigs. Upon demonstration of heart failure, eight animals were treated with liposome-mediated iNOS-gene-transfer by local intramyocardial injection; eight animals received a sham procedure to serve as control. Results: The transmurality of late enhancement (control: 46.4%, iNOS: 35.9%; p < 0.05) was significantly decreased in the ischemic area in the iNOS-treated group. Wall thickness at end-systole (6.8 mm vs. 5.9 mm, p < 0.001) and at end-diastole (5.4 mm vs. 4.2 mm, p < 0.001) were significantly higher in the therapy group. Additionally, the regional wall motion at the level of the ischemic region was 3.5 mm in the therapy group while it was significantly less (3.0 mm, p < 0.001) in the control group. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that transient iNOS overexpression potentially leads to a significant decrease of regional late enhancement with a positive effect on regional cardiac function in the ischemic area in a large animal model of postischemic heart failure.
Keywords: iNOS, gene therapy, regional contractility, heart failure
DOI: 10.3233/CH-2011-1477
Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 49, no. 1-4, pp. 271-278, 2011
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