Effects of Chronic Anemia on the Coronary and Coronary Collateral Vasculature in Dogs
Effects of Chronic Anemia on the Coronary and Coronary Collateral Vasculature in Dogs
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慢性贫血对犬冠状动脉和冠状动脉侧支血管的影响
作者:
K. Scheel;D. Brody;L. Ingram;F. Keller
We compared coronary resistances and collateral (retrograde) flows for a group of normal dogs (hematocrit 40) to values for a group of dogs with severe chronic anemia (hematocrit 17). We used an isolated heart preparation in which the vessels were maximally dilated by dipyridamole. All data were compared for a hematocrit of 40. The results showed a significant decrease in coronary resistances with anemia; average resistances (±se) of the anterior descending, circumflex, and right coronary arteries of the control dogs were 1.04 ± 0.09,0.74 ± 0.01, and 2.63 ± 0.17 mm Hg/ [(ml/min)/100 g], respectively, and 0.6 ± 0.04,0.41 ± 0.05, and 1.17 ± 0.15 for the anemic dogs. Average coronary collateral flows increased in anemia but statistical significance could not be shown. We conclude that increased vascularity is a long-term regulatory mechanism in response to a hypoxic stimulus.