Myocardial protective effects of pretreatment with captopril on ischemia-reperfusion myocardium in rabbits / 中南大学学报(医学版)
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
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(12): 211-214, 2005.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-813401
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the effect of pretreatment with captopril on myocardium ischemia-reperfusion injury in atherosclerotic rabbits.@*METHODS@#Thirty-two New Zealand white rabbits were assigned randomly to the normally feed group, cholesterol-feed (CF) group, and cholesterol food plus captopril group (cap-feed group), which were fed for 10 weeks. We examined the changes in the size of the infarct and changes in the myocardium ultrastructure resulting from coronary ischemia/reperfusion. Levels of endothelin (ET) and nitic oxide (NO) were measured in the different experiment stages.@*RESULTS@#The ET levels significantly increased and the content of NO significantly decreased in the CF group compared with those of the cap-feed group. The ultrastructure of myocardium cell was slightly destroyed and the infarct size was significantly smaller in the cap-feed group than the normally feed rabbits and CF rabbits.@*CONCLUSION@#The long-term captopril treatment can lighten the severity of myocardial injury produced by coronary ischemia/reperfusion.
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Main subject:
Pharmacology
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Blood
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Captopril
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Myocardial Reperfusion Injury
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Random Allocation
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Endothelins
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Therapeutic Uses
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Drug Therapy
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Myocardial Infarction
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Myocardium
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Animals
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Central South University(Medical Sciences)
Year:
2005
Type:
Article
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