Effect of levosimendan and nigella sativa on erythrocyte deformability during myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury in rats

Autor: Özer A., Comu F.M., Küçük A., Kılıç Y., Mardin B., Alkan M., Oktar L.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Popis: Objective: Ischaemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is a chain of events put in place by tissue ischaemia. Reperfusion following the cellular damage causes an active inflammatory response. Erythrocyte deformability and plasma viscosity play a critical role in tissue and organ perfusion. In this study we aimed to evaluate the effect of levosimendan and nigella sativa on erythrocyte deformability during myocardial IR injury in rats. Methods: Twenty-four Wistar albino rats were included in the study. The animals were randomly divided into four experimental groups. The coronary arteries of rats in Group C (control group) were not occluded or reperfused. Myocardial IR was performed by ligating the left anterior descending coronary artery for 30 min, followed by 2 h of reperfusion in the IR (IR), IR-levosimendan (24µg/kg) (IRL) group and IR-nigella sativa (0.2 mL/kg) (IRNS) group. Erythrocyte suspensions formed with a PBS buffer solution containing 5% htc were used to measure the deformability. Results: As a result compared to control group, IR increased the relative resistance, a marker of erythrocyte deformability, significantly (p
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