Journal article
Cardioprotective action of fentanyl in a model of central sympathetic overactivity in rabbits: antiarrhythmic and anti-ischemic effects
Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Vol.48(9), pp.1115-1122
10/2004
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00472.x
PMID: 15352957
Abstract
Background: Sympathetic overactivity resulting from perioperative noxious stimuli elicits hyperdynamic cardiovascular responses that may lead to myocardial ischemia and/or ventricular arrhythmia, especially in patients presenting with coronary artery disease. In the present study we investigated the cardioprotective effects of clinically relevant doses of fentanyl in an experimental model of sympathetic overactivity associated with myocardial ischemia in anesthetized rabbits.
Methods: Central sympathetic stimulation was achieved through intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of L-glutamate (10 µmol), with simultaneous inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) synthesis through i.v. administration of N(omega)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME; 40 mg kg−1).
Results: L-glutamate triggered ventricular arrhythmia and electrocardiographic alterations indicative of myocardial ischemia. The intravenous administration of fentanyl (5, 10 or 50 µg kg−1) reduced the incidence of ST-segment shift (70, 20 and 10%, respectively, vs. 66.7% in controls) as well as of T-wave inversion from 58.3% to 30, 20 and 10%, respectively. The total number of ventricular premature complexes per minute fell from 65.2 ± 16 in the control group to 6.8 ± 3, 3.5 ± 2 and 2.6 ± 1.5, respectively. The occurrence of ventricular tachycardia and bigeminy was completely abolished by fentanyl. Finally, the i.v. administration of fentanyl did not induce significant hemodynamic effects (except for dP/dtmax in the 50 µg kg−1-dose).
Conclusion: Fentanyl elicits significant cardioprotective effects in a model of arrhythmia resulting from the association of central sympathetic overactivity with myocardial ischemia in rabbits, independently from its systemic hemodynamic actions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cardioprotective action of fentanyl in a model of central sympathetic overactivity in rabbits: antiarrhythmic and anti-ischemic effects
- Creators
- M. A. Lessa - University of Iowa, AnesthesiaE. Rodrigues - Fundação Oswaldo CruzE. TibiriÇá - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Vol.48(9), pp.1115-1122
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd/Inc
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00472.x
- PMID
- 15352957
- ISSN
- 0001-5172
- eISSN
- 1399-6576
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/2004
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984656539902771
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