title: Surgical preparation impairs release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor from human saphenous vein.
abstract: Release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor was measured from freshly isolated human saphenous vein and from vein subject to routine surgical preparation for coronary artery bypass grafting. Surgical preparation led to a significant decline in endothelium-derived relaxing factor release as compared with freshly isolated vein, and these changes were associated with loss of endothelial coverage. Storage of freshly isolated vein in blood but not in Hartmann's solution also resulted in a decline in maximally stimulated endothelium-derived relaxing factor release that was not associated with loss of endothelium. Reduced production of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, a potent vasodilator and inhibitor of platelet adhesion and aggregation, may be implicated in the etiology of early vein graft thrombosis.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
authors: G D
authors: GD
authors: Angelini
authors: M I
authors: MI
authors: Christie
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Bryan
authors: M J
authors: MJ
authors: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001685:Biological Factors / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D001769:Blood; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009926:Organ Preservation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000637:transplantation; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D001685:Biological Factors; D009569:Nitric Oxide