Protective Effect of Cloricromene, a Coumarine Derivative, in Hypovolemic Hemorrhagic Shock in the Rat
- 1 February 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology
- Vol. 17 (2) , 261-266
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005344-199102000-00012
Abstract
Hypovolemic hemorrhagic shock was induced in male anesthetized rats by intermittently withdrawing blood from an iliac catheter over a period of 20 min until mean arterial pressure (MAP) fell to 30 mm Hg. Survival rate, MAP, plasma myocardial depressant factor (MDF) activity and plasma levels of both TxB2 and 6-keto PGF1a were then evaluated. Cloricromene (0.5, 1, and 2 mg/kg) or an equal volume of vehicle (0.9% NaCl solution) were injected intravenously 5 min after the end of the bleeding. Hemorrhagic shocked rats showed enhanced plasma levels of MDF, TxB2 and 6-keto PGF1a. All vehicle-treated rats died within 25 min. Cloricromene (1 and 2 mg/kg) given curatively significantly increased survival rate and blunted the rise in plasma MDF and TxB2. Moreover, cloricromene reversed the severe hypotension and the ST-segment elevation occurring during hemorrhagic shock. The data suggest that cloricromene exerts beneficial effects in experimental hypovolemic shock, probably reversing myocardial failure.Keywords
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