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Antiarrhythmic effects of preconditioning in anaesthetised dogs and rats.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1446318     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to determine the relationship of the duration of short coronary artery occlusions and of the reperfusion period to the extent of the antiarrhythmic effect of preconditioning. METHODS: A prolonged occlusion of a coronary artery in 102 anaesthetised rats and 55 anaesthetised dogs was preceded by a variable number of preconditioning coronary artery occlusions, of varying duration and with variable reperfusion periods between them and the prolonged occlusion. RESULTS: Preconditioning in both species reduced the severity of ischaemia induced arrhythmias, epicardial ST segment changes, and alterations in the degree of inhomogeneity of conduction during a subsequent prolonged coronary artery occlusion, provided that the reperfusion time was less than 30 min (in rats) and 1 h (in dogs). This antiarrhythmic effect of preconditioning was marked; eg, in dogs following two preconditioning occlusions survival from a combined ischaemia-reperfusion insult was 40% (cf, 0% in the controls). CONCLUSIONS: Short preconditioning periods of myocardial ischaemia protect the myocardium against the arrhythmogenic effects of a more prolonged occlusion. The optimum time for this preconditioning occlusion in rats is 3 min and protection is still apparent 30 min later. In dogs, the protective effect is especially clear with two short (5 min) coronary artery occlusions. The protection in this species lasts for less than 1 h.
Authors:
A Vegh; S Komori; L Szekeres; J R Parratt
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cardiovascular research     Volume:  26     ISSN:  0008-6363     ISO Abbreviation:  Cardiovasc. Res.     Publication Date:  1992 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-12-30     Completed Date:  1992-12-30     Revised Date:  2009-09-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0077427     Medline TA:  Cardiovasc Res     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  487-95     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology*
Coronary Circulation / physiology*
Disease Models, Animal
Dogs
Ischemia / physiopathology
Myocardial Reperfusion
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Time Factors
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Wellcome Trust

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