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Cardioplegia preserves hypoxic response in isolated coronary arteries but not in isolated hearts.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9146319     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: Experiments were designed to determine whether hyperkalemic crystalloid cardioplegic solution alters the hypoxic response of isolated segments of rabbit coronary arteries. METHODS: Coronary arteries were suspended in organ chambers to measure isometric force. We measured the coronary perfusion pressure at a constant flow rate in isolated Langendorff-perfused hearts. Coronary arteries and hearts were preserved in warm (37 degrees C) physiologic solution or in cold (10 degrees C) crystalloid cardioplegic solution. RESULTS: In all groups of coronary arteries, the acetylcholine-induced relaxation before and after preservation was unchanged (n = 7). Hypoxia (15 mm Hg) caused an endothelium-dependent contraction, the amplitude of which did not change after cardioplegia. Conversely, in coronary arteries preserved in physiologic solution, hypoxic contraction amplitude decreased by 67% +/- 17%. In isolated hearts, hypoxic perfusion (15 mm Hg) induced a vasodilation. In all groups, the second hypoxic vasodilation was significantly greater (group 1, first hypoxic perfusion 2.8% +/- 2.8%, second hypoxic perfusion 18.2% +/- 7.1%; group 2, first hypoxic perfusion 6.8% +/- 1.5%, second hypoxic perfusion 29% +/- 9%). CONCLUSIONS: The crystalloid cardioplegic solution did not change the hypoxic response in isolated hearts and preserved the endothelium-dependent hypoxic contraction in coronary arteries.
Authors:
C C Barbé; F F Diemont; P M Bonnet
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Annals of thoracic surgery     Volume:  63     ISSN:  0003-4975     ISO Abbreviation:  Ann. Thorac. Surg.     Publication Date:  1997 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1997-05-28     Completed Date:  1997-05-28     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  15030100R     Medline TA:  Ann Thorac Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1303-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
UMR Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6542, Faculté des Sciences, Tours, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anoxia / physiopathology*
Cardioplegic Solutions* / pharmacology
Coronary Vessels / drug effects,  physiology*
Endothelium, Vascular / drug effects,  physiology
Heart / drug effects,  physiology*
Heart Arrest, Induced
Rabbits
Vasodilation
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cardioplegic Solutions

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