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11300358

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
Endothelin levels are increased in rats with experimentally induced myocardial infarction. The purpose of this study was to determine whether endothelin-A (ET(A)) receptor antagonism alters ventricular remodeling and the development of heart failure after myocardial infarction (MI). We administered 10 mg/kg/day of A-127722 to rats post-MI for 6 weeks. A hemodynamic study was performed and passive pressure-volume curves obtained. In rats without infarcts, ET(A) receptor antagonist (n = 8; vehicle, n = 5) had no effect. However, in rats with infarcts ET(A) antagonism (n=14, MI = 35%; vehicle: n = 19, MI = 32%) reduced systemic arterial and LV systolic (but not end-diastolic) pressures and shifted the pressure-volume relationship to the right. Because LV mass was not changed, the volume-to-mass ratio was increased and was correlated inversely with the ability of the LV to maximally develop pressure. This increase in volume at low distending pressures was also coupled with a tendency (P < 0.06) for reduced scar thickness, suggesting that early initiation of an ET(A) receptor antagonism increased infarct expansion. The reduction in blood pressure offset the increase in volume such that wall stresses were unchanged, as was LV mass. The early use of ET(A) receptor antagonism in the rat model of myocardial infarction did not beneficially alter LV remodeling.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0920-3206
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
579-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Endothelin-A receptor antagonism during acute myocardial infarction in rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't