title: alpha-Adrenoreceptor stimulation of the systemic circulation in dogs.
abstract: The influence of phenylephrine (an alpha-adrenoreceptor agonist) on the arterial and venous systems of the systemic circulation was studied in 10 anesthetized dogs during a right ventricular bypass procedure. Phenylephrine (1 microgram X kg-1 of body weight X min-1) produced a significant (P less than 0.001) increase in arterial resistance, no change in venous resistance, and a mild decrease in venous compliance. Seemingly in the clinically normal dog, a dose of phenylephrine sufficient to double total peripheral resistance will redistribute a small amount of blood volume from the venous to arterial systems with a slight decrease in venous return and concomitant attenuation of cardiac output.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology*; D010656:Phenylephrine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic / Q000187:drug effects*; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha / Q000187:drug effects*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D011941:Receptors, Adrenergic; D011942:Receptors, Adrenergic, alpha; D010656:Phenylephrine