Myocardial Glucose Metabolism Assessed by Positron Emission Tomography and the Histopathologic Findings of Microvessels in Syndrome X

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Background: Syndrome X has been recognized as a disease that is primarily reflected in the cardiac microvasculature. Myocardial metabolism in this condition has been studied, but not in relation to small vessel pathology. Methods and Results: In order to examine the relationship between myocardial metabolism and small vessel pathology, 24 consecutive patients with syndrome X (7 men, 17 women; mean age 58 years) were evaluated by the thallium exercise stress test, positron emission tomography using F-18 fluoro-deoxyglucose (FDG), and an endomyocardial biopsy. All patients showed either diffuse or focal increase in the myocardial uptake of FDG, but only 17 patients (71%) showed hypoperfused areas with partial or complete redistribution in the thallium study. Quantification of myocardial FDG uptake revealed that the value in syndrome X patients was 10-fold higher than in controls (p<0.0001). Histopathological examination revealed that in syndrome X there is an extensive increase in smooth muscle cells and thickening of the vascular wall, even in capillary vessels, and the small vessel lumen was markedly narrowed. There was a significant inverse correlation between FDG myocardial uptake and the microvessel luminal area. Conclusions: In syndrome X patients, myocardial FDG uptake is increased extensively, which is strongly associated with narrowed myocardial microvasculature.

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Satake, O., Kajinami, K., Ishikawa, Y., Ueda, T., Tsugawa, H., Kanemitsu, S., … Takekoshi, N. (2004). Myocardial Glucose Metabolism Assessed by Positron Emission Tomography and the Histopathologic Findings of Microvessels in Syndrome X. Circulation Journal, 68(3), 220–226. https://doi.org/10.1253/circj.68.220

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