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Comparison of nitroglycerin-, nitroprusside-, and phentolamine-induced changes in coronary collateral function in dogs.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  406277     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The recent use of vasodilators to improve ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction led us to investigate the effects of nitroglycerin, nitroprusside, and phentolamine on coronary collateral flow. Dogs were studied 2-4 wk after an ameroid constrictor was placed around the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. Retrograde flow and peripheral coronary pressure were measured from a cannula inserted in the LAD distal to the ameroid. Systemic arterial pressure was held constant by an aortic cuff. When administered intracoronary (i.c.), nitroglycerin, 0.3-100 mug/min, or nitroprusside, 3-100 mug/min, produced quantitatively similar, dose-dependent increases in retrograde flow. Neither drug, i.c., changed peripheral coronary pressure. Nitroglycerin, 3-300 mug/min, intravenous (i.v.), produced dose-dependent increases in retrograde flow; nitroprusside, i.v., increased retrograde flow only in high doses (100-300 mug/min). Nitroglycerin and nitroprusside, i.v., produced similar increases in peripheral coronary pressure. Phentolamine, 1-300 mug/min, i.v., decreased retrograde flow, and did not change peripheral coronary pressure. Nitroprusside was considerably more potent than nitroglycerin in decreasing systemic arterial pressure and in reducing total coronary resistance. Thus, (a) although i.c. nitroglycerin and nitroprusside produce similar effects on collateral function, i.v. nitroglycerin is more effective than i.v. nitroprusside in augmenting collateral flow; (b) phentolamine has deleterious effects on collateral function; and (c) the relative vasodilator potencies of nitroglycerin and nitroprusside vary in different vascular beds; thus, for a given reduction in systemic arterial pressure, nitroprusside is less effective in increasing retrograde flow.
Authors:
N L Capurro; K M Kent; S E Epstein
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of clinical investigation     Volume:  60     ISSN:  0021-9738     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Clin. Invest.     Publication Date:  1977 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1977-09-02     Completed Date:  1977-09-02     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7802877     Medline TA:  J Clin Invest     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  295-301     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Blood Pressure / drug effects
Coronary Circulation / drug effects*
Disease Models, Animal
Dogs
Ferricyanides / pharmacology*
Heart / drug effects,  physiology*,  physiopathology
Kinetics
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Nitroglycerin / pharmacology*
Nitroprusside / pharmacology*
Phentolamine / pharmacology*
Vascular Resistance / drug effects
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Ferricyanides; 15078-28-1/Nitroprusside; 50-60-2/Phentolamine; 55-63-0/Nitroglycerin
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