Heart and systemic effects of statin pretreatment in a rat model of abdominal sepsis. Assessment by Tc99m-sestamibi biodistribition

Autor: Robson Macedo, Som Mehrbod Javadi, Takahiro Higuchi, Marília Daniela Ferreira de Carvalho, Vanessa de Fátima Lima Paiva Medeiros, Ítalo Medeiros Azevedo, Francisco Pignataro Lima, Aldo Cunha Medeiros
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, Vol 30, Iss 6, Pp 388-393 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0102-8650
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-865020150060000003
Popis: PURPOSE:To evaluate the heart and the Tc-99m-sestamibi biodistribution after statin pretreatment in a rat model of abdominal sepsis.METHODS:Twenty-four Wistar rats were randomly distributed into four groups (n=6 per group): 1) sepsis with simvastatin treatment, 2) sepsis with vehicle, 3) sham control with simvastatin and 4) sham control with vehicle. 24 hours after cecal ligation and puncture rats received 1.0MBq of Tc-99m-sestamibi i.v. 30min after, animals were euthanized for ex-vivo tissue counting and myocardium histological analysis.RESULTS: Myocardial histologic alterations were not detected 24 hours post-sepsis. There was significantly increased cardiac Tc-99m-sestamibi activity in the sepsis group with simvastatin treatment (1.9±0.3%ID/g, p
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