Avaliação do reflexo Bezold-Jarisch no infarto experimental do miocárdio / Evaluation of the Bezold-Jarisch Reflex in Experimental Myocardial Infarction
Arq. bras. cardiol
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64(6): 521-524, Jun. 1995.
Article
in Portuguese
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE--To evaluate the cardiogenic depressor Bezold-Jarisch reflex in rats with chronic myocardial infarction. METHODS--Adult Wistar rats were submitted to ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery of the left ventricle (group INF, n = 15) and compared with rats submitted to sham-operation (group Sham, n = 15). Thirty days after the surgery, without influence of anesthetics, the basal mean arterial pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were measured. Immediately after, the Bezold-Jarisch reflex was evaluated measuring the falls in diastolic arterial pressure (DAP) and the simultaneous bradycardia induced by injections of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, 4 to 32 micrograms/kg, i.v.). RESULTS--The INF group showed significantly lower basal MAP and HR values (103 +/- 3 mmHg and 328 +/- 6 bpm) when compared to the Sham group (110 +/- 2 mmHg and 348 +/- 7 bpm). The Bezold-Jarisch reflex was significantly attenuated in the INF group (falls of DAP from 2 +/- 2 to 31 +/- 3 mmHg and HR from 8 +/- 5 to 204 +/- 15 bpm), when compared to the Sham group (falls of DAP from 10 +/- 3 to 41 +/- 3 mmHg and HR from 58 +/- 12 to 276 +/- 16 bpm). The morphological analysis showed a myocardial infarction mainly located at the anterolateral portion of the left ventricle with a maximal extension of 35 of the left ventricle circumference. The INF group showed right ventricular and left atrial hypertrophy when compared to the Sham group. CONCLUSION--The experimental chronic myocardial infarction in rats is followed by significant attenuation of the Bezold-Jarisch reflex, probably as result of a heart failure and, consequently, of functional alterations in the chemosensitive receptors of cardiac unmyelinated vagal afferents.
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Main subject:
Reflex
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Coronary Vessels
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Myocardial Infarction
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Animals
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
1995
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo (UFES)/BR
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