title: Methylprednisolone sodium succinate treatment in global ischemia of the cat isolated heart.
abstract: Effects of methylprednisolone were studied on isolated, blood-perfused cat hearts subjected to 1 hr of normothermic ischemic arrest. Untreated hearts sustained decreases in peak ventricular pressure pulse, dP/dt, and ventricular compliance. Ischemic hearts also became edematous, gained sodium, and lost potassium and creatine kinase enzyme activity. Steroid treatment did not significantly alter any of these ischemia-induced changes. Methylprednisolone treatment did increase resting coronary flow and also increased the hyperemic response after reperfusion. These results, in isolated hearts, provide no evidence that steroid treatment exerts a direct protective effect on the globally ischemic myocardium.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism; D002415:Cats; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000378:metabolism; D004594:Electrophysiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004573:Electrolytes; D008776:Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; D008775:Methylprednisolone