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Am Heart J ; 155(5): 889.e1-6, 2008 May.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18440337

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Rapamycin has been shown to reduce anatomical evidence of cardiac allograft vasculopathy, but its effect on coronary artery physiology is unknown. METHODS: Twenty-seven patients without angiographic evidence of coronary artery disease underwent measurement of fractional flow reserve (FFR), coronary flow reserve (CFR), and the index of microcirculatory resistance (IMR) within 8 weeks and then 1 year after transplantation using a pressure sensor/thermistor-tipped guidewire. Measurements were compared between consecutive patients who were on rapamycin for at least 3 months during the first year after transplantation (rapamycin group, n = 9) and a comparable group on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) instead (MMF group, n = 18). RESULTS: At baseline, there was no significant difference in FFR, CFR, or IMR between the 2 groups. At 1 year, FFR declined significantly in the MMF group (0.87 +/- 0.06 to 0.82 +/- 0.06, P = .009) but did not change in the rapamycin group (0.91 +/- 0.05 to 0.89 +/- 0.04, P = .33). Coronary flow reserve and IMR did not change significantly in the MMF group (3.1 +/- 1.7 to 3.2 +/- 1.0, P = .76; and 27.5 +/- 18.1 to 19.1 +/- 7.6, P = .10, respectively) but improved significantly in the rapamycin group (2.3 +/- 0.8 to 3.8 +/- 1.4, P < .03; and 27.0 +/- 11.5 to 17.6 +/- 7.5, P < .03, respectively). Multivariate regression analysis revealed that rapamycin therapy was an independent predictor of CFR and FFR at 1 year after transplantation. CONCLUSION: Early after cardiac transplantation, rapamycin therapy is associated with improved coronary artery physiology involving both the epicardial vessel and the microvasculature.


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Coronary Artery Disease/drug therapy , Coronary Vessels/drug effects , Heart Transplantation , Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology , Mycophenolic Acid/analogs & derivatives , Sirolimus/pharmacology , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Mycophenolic Acid/pharmacology , Transplantation, Homologous , Treatment Outcome
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J Hypertens ; 26(2): 368-73, 2008 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18192852

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Reninoma is a tumor of the renal juxtaglomerular cell apparatus that causes hypertension and hypokalemia via hypersecretion of renin. We describe a case of reninoma and provide a review of the literature, with a discussion emphasizing the diagnostic evaluation for such patients. The subject had persistent elevation of both plasma renin activity (PRA) and aldosterone. Imaging studies revealed the presence of a lesion in the renal cortex, which was further identified as a renin-producing lesion via selective venous catheterization following administration of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE-I). Following partial nephrectomy, the PRA and plasma aldosterone levels declined rapidly and the blood pressure and potassium supplementation requirements normalized. This case demonstrates the utility of both appropriate imaging studies and selective venous catheterization following provocative administration of an ACE-I for diagnosis.


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Hyperaldosteronism/etiology , Hypertension/etiology , Juxtaglomerular Apparatus/pathology , Kidney Neoplasms/complications , Renin/metabolism , Adult , Female , Humans , Hypertension/surgery , Juxtaglomerular Apparatus/cytology , Kidney Neoplasms/pathology , Kidney Neoplasms/surgery , Nephrectomy
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