Coronary vasomotor disorders during hypoxia-reoxygenation: Do calcium channel blockers play a protective role?

Autor: M. F. Prieto Rodriguez, A. Ordoñez Fernández, J. Muñoz García, M. M. Viloria Peñas, J.M. Borrego Domínguez, A. Hernández Fernández, E. Gutiérrez Carretero
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Zdroj: Scopus-Elsevier
Popis: During heart surgery, myocardial dysfunction may occasionally appear when extracorporeal circulation is discontinued, causing serious haemodynamic disorders. Many mechanisms are involved in this hypoxia-reoxygenation syndrome. The aim of this experimental study was to characterize the vasomotor disorders that take place in the isolated porcine coronary artery during in vitro hypoxia-reoxygenation and to analyse the effect of nifedipine on them. Rings of porcine coronary artery were placed in an organ chamber connected to a system that recorded isometric forces. The vascular rings were divided into two groups: control group (no nifedipine) and study group (nifedipine, 10(-6) mol/l). The vascular rings were precontracted with 30 mmol/l KCl and then hypoxia-reoxygenation was induced. Control arterial rings showed important changes in coronary vasomotor tone: severe hypoxic contraction (from 14.48+/-1.16 g of stable contraction to 17.6+/-0.44 g after the imposition of hypoxia), and transient vasodilation during reoxygenation (69.9+/-10.1% of the maximum contraction achieved). The nifedipine group experienced a slow, progressive, vasodilation throughout the whole experiment (73+/-3.5% of the maximum contraction). Neither hypoxic vasospasm nor fluctuations of the coronary vascular tone occurred. Thus, at the end of the hypoxia, the control vessels presented a degree of contraction similar to the initial level. However, in the rings treated with nifedipine, the percentage of dilation was 73+/-3.5% (P
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