Acipimox-enhanced 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for characterizing and predicting early remodeling in the rat infarct model

Mélanie Bousquenaud, Fatiha Maskali, Sylvain Poussier, Pierre Yves Marie, Henri Boutley, Gilles Karcher, Daniel R. Wagner, Yvan Devaux*

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Abstract

The ratmyocardial infarction (MI)model is widely used to study left ventricular (LV) remodeling. In this study, acipimox-enhanced 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) gated-positron emission tomography (PET) was assessed for characterizing and predicting early remodeling in the rat infarctmodel.NineteenWistar rats had surgical occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery and 7 were sham-operated. PET was scheduled 48 h and 2 weeks later for quantifying MI area and LV function. Segments with<50% of FDG uptake had histological evidence of MI (74 ± 9% decrease in parietal thickness, fibrosis development). At 48 h, MI area was large (>35% of LV) in 6 rats, moderate (15-35% of LV) in 8 rats, limited (<15% of LV) in 5 rats and absent in the 7 sham rats. LV remodeling, assessed through the 2 weeks increase in end-diastolic volume, increased between rats with limited, moderate and large MI (+72 ± 25, +109 ± 56, +190 ± 69 μl, respectively, P = 0.007). This 3-groups classification allowed predicting 44% of the 2weeks increase in end-diastolic volume, and additional 34%were predicted by heart rate at 48 h. The acipimoxenhanced FDG gated-PET technique provides efficient characterization and prediction of early remodeling in the rat infarct model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1407-1415
Number of pages9
JournalInternational Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume28
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2012

Keywords

  • Acipimox
  • Cardiac remodeling
  • FDF-PET
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Rat

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