[A drop in "apparent" blood viscosity due to administration of high-molecular polymer capable of augmenting viscosity].

Influence of a high-molecular compound capable of augmenting viscosity, namely: polyethylene oxide Polyox WSR-301, on hemodynamic parameters in rat mesenteric microvessels was investigated. A substantial decrease in the arteriolar hemodynamic resistance caused by the polymer was revealed. Special research has shown that this reaction is not connected with a vasodilatation and, therefore, is caused by a reduction in the "apparent" viscosity of the blood, i.e., it is a consequence of changed properties of the blood flow.

[Influence of polyethylene oxide Polyox WSR-301 on the pressure in mesenteric arterial microvessels in rats pre-adapted to anti-orthostatic states]. / Vliianie poliétilenoksida Polyox WSR-301 na davlenie v arterial'nykh mikrososudakh bryzheiki krys, predvaritel'no adaptirovannykh k antiortostaticheskim usloviiam.

High-molecular polymers apt to directly influence flow microstructure were tested as a fundamentally new method for correcting microhemodynamics in microgravity. Pressure in the mesenteric arterial microvessels was measured two weeks in rats adapted to the head-down suspension. Intravenous polyethylene oxide (Polyox WSR-301, end-concentration in the order of 2.10(-7) g/ml), reduced the microvascular pressure by 26%, whereas in the control pressure was reduced by only 15%. Systemic arterial pressure showed an equal drop in the groups (by 10 to 11%). These results suggest that the biomechanical agent weakens resistance to the blood flow in the body region where blood supply is impaired by microgravity.

[The action of high-molecular linear polymers on the circulatory system]. / Vozdeistvie vysokomolekuliarnykh lineinykh polimerov na sistemu krovoobrashcheniia.

An analysis of the hemodynamic consequences of the injections of long linear polymers with high molecular weight is introduced. These injections lead to an increase of the cardiac output, to a decrease of the blood pressure, and hence cause a reduction of the resistance to blood flow. It follows that such kind of polymers is able to normalize hemodynamics under some pathophysiological conditions, e.g., during experimental atherosclerosis, ischemic state, hemorrhagic shock. An addition of drag-reducing polymers into the blood system is associated with a modification of the blood flow microstructure itself.

[A decrease in the hydrodynamic resistance in the mesenteric arterioles of rats injected with the polyethylene oxide Polyox WSR-301]. / Umen'shenie gidrodinamicheskogo soprotivleniia v arteriolakh bryzheiki krys pri in''ektsii poliétilenoksida Polyox WSR-301.

The infusion of polyethylene oxide in anesthetised rats in a total dose of 10(-7) g/ml caused a 10-16% reduction in blood pressure. This injection has been associated with 17% decreased pressure (servo-nulling method) and 54% increased blood velocity (laser Doppler fluxmetry) in mesenteric arterioles (d - about 24 mu), but no increase in their internal diameter was observed (image-split method). Vasodilatation (adenosine, 10(-5) M) did not change the hemodynamic response of the arterioles to polymer infusion. These results suggest that microdisturbances of blood flow which can be diminished by drug-reducing polymers are more important for the vascular resistance to blood than it has been previously.