title: Preparation of human saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass grafting impairs its capacity to produce prostacyclin.
abstract: Prostacyclin production was measured from freshly isolated human saphenous vein and from vein subjected to routine surgical preparation for coronary bypass grafting. Surgical preparation had no effect on spontaneous prostacyclin production but significantly reduced stimulated rates from 16.9(1.1) to 7.1(0.5) pg.min-1 per mg wet weight (n = 27). Stimulated prostacyclin production was not reduced by storage of vein for 2 h at 23 degrees C in blood or saline nor by distension, but it was reduced to 5.0(0.6) pg.min-1 per mg (n = 10) by de-endothelialisation. Reduced prostacyclin production, which might in itself contribute to vein graft occlusion, provides a quantitative biochemical estimate of endothelial integrity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Breckenridge
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Psaila
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Newby
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D011464:Epoprostenol