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Effectofadriamycinonmyocardialfibrosisandpossiblemechanismsinrats

  

  1. 1. DepartmentofRadiology , HebeiGeneralHospital , Shijiazhuang 050051 , China ; 2. Departmentof
    Oncology Ⅴ , HebeiGeneralHospital , Shijiazhuang 050051
    , China ; 3. Departmentof
    Emergency , HebeiGeneralHospital , Shijiazhuang 050051 ,
    China
  • Online:2016-03-25 Published:2016-05-11

Abstract: [
Abstract ] Objective Todeterminetheeffectofadriamycinon myocardialfibrosisand
possible mechanismsin rats.Methods A rat myocardialfibrotic model wasinduced by
intravenousinjectionofadriamycin ( 3 mg /
kg
, onceaweek ) forsix weeks.Duringthetest ,
generalconditionandbodyweightwereobserved.Attheseventhweek , hemodynamicparameters
andhydroxyprolineconcentrationaswellasmorphologicaltransformationofhearttissueswere
detected.Results Comparedtothoseincontrolgroup , hydroxyprolinecontentwasmarkedly
increasedinadriamycininducedrats.Histopathologicalexaminationfurtherconfirmedthesame
alteration.Moreover , hemodynamicsshowedasignificantdeclineinleft-ventricularsystolic
pressure , maximumandminimumrateofdevelopedleftventricularpressure ,
accompaniedbyan
incrementofleftventricularend-diastolicpressure ( P <0.05 ) .Conclusion Thesefindings
suggestedthatadriamycincouldinducemyocardialfibrosisandinhibitcardiacfunction.

Key words: [ Keywords ] endomyocardialfibrosis , adriamycin , rats