ABSTRACT
Aim To study the effect of puerarin on reperfusion injury after thrombolytic therapy in acute pulmonary thromboembolism and its mechanism. Methods Thirty-two Japanese rabbits were randomly divided into sham operation group (group S),Thrombolysis-only group(group T), and Puerarin group(group Pur). Acute pulmonary thromboembolism models of rabbits were established with injection of autologous blood clots through the right heart catheters,haemodynamic monitoring was performed by introducing heart catheter through right jugular vein.The activity of plasma superoxide dismutase (SOD) and content of plasma malondialdehyde (MDA) were detected before embolization,2 h after embolization,2 h and 4 h after thrombolysis. At the end,the rabbits were sacrificed and their lung,removed for histopathologic and electron microscopic investigations. Results ①Pulmonary arterial mean pressure (PAMP) were decreased at 1 hour after thrombolysis both in group T and group Pur(P