The Effects of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on the Heart Work Dynamics: Gender Differences
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2018, Vol 19, Issue 4
Abstract
Aim: The aim of this paper was to find out possible changes of heart work dynamics induced by pulmonary artery hypertension in male and female rats. Materials and methods: Experiments were performed on the Wistar rats of both genders. Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) was induced by i.p. injection of monocrotaline (60 mg/kg B.W.) on day 0 to 21 days observational period. After that, animal was sacrificed, hearts removed and papillary muscles from right ventricle isolated. Velocity of heart contraction (+dF/dt) and relaxation (-dF/dt) were measured. Additionally, pathomorphologic analysis of lung blood vessels has been carried out. Result: PAH induced significant reduction of velocity of contraction (+dF/dt ) and relaxation (-dF/dt) in both male (+dF/dt: 3,41 ± 0,33 mN/s vs. 2,53 ± 0,31 mN/s, n=6, p<0,05; -dF/dt: 1,96 mN/s ± 0,26 vs. 1,2 ± 0,17 mN/s, n=6, p<0,01) and female rats ( +dF/ dt: 3,09 ± 0,35 mN/s vs. 1,86 ± 0,22 mN/s, n=6, p<0,05; -dF/dt: 1,63± 0,11 mN/s vs. 0,89 ± 0,097 mN/s, n=6, p<0,01).Adrenergic responsivness to noradrenaline with reference to both parameters of heart dynamics (+dF/dt and =dF/dt) was increased significantly only in male rats. Additionally, PAH induced thickness of the lung blood vessels in both genders. Conclusion: PAH reduced dynamic of heart work (especially relaxation velocity) in both male and female rats, but significantly increased sensitivity to adrenergic stimulation in male rats only.
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Ivan Kocic, Katarzyna Sztormowska Achranowicz
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- EP ID EP622356
- DOI 10.26717/BJSTR.2019.19.003334
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