title: Hyperdynamic therapy for focal cerebral ischemia of rats: use of colloidal volume expansion and dobutamine.
abstract: The effects of hyperdynamic therapy with colloidal volume expansion and pharmacological augmentation of cardiac function with dobutamine on local cerebral blood flow (CBF) and the size of ischemic injury were investigated in rats subjected to 6 h of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. At 45 min after MCA occlusion, each rat was randomly assigned to one of the following treatment groups: (1) control; (2) hetastarch infusion (HES); and (3) hetastarch plus dobutamine (12 micrograms/kg/min) infusion (HES/DOB). In both the HES and HES/DOB groups, cardiac output and local CBF in ischemic brain markedly increased after treatment and infarction volumes were significantly reduced as compared to the control group. There were, however, no significant differences between both groups apart from a dobutamine-induced tachycardia. Colloidal volume expansion augmented cardiac output, increased CBF in ischemic brain, and substantially modified the extent of ischemic injury. However, the addition of dobutamine did not bring about adjunctive beneficial effects of cardiac performance, CBF, or the degree of ischemic brain damage in the rat focal ischemic model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohtaki
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Tranmer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D003102:Colloids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004280:Dobutamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D004280:Dobutamine