title: [Effect of electroacupuncturing heart meridian on arterial blood pressure with myocardial ischemia in rabbits].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the relationship between Heart Meridian (HM) and cardiac function.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-eight rabbits with acute myocardial ischemia resulting from intravenous pituitrin injection was conducted. Electroacupunture(EA) on the HM and the Lung meridian, 3 points for each, was applied and their change of arterial pressure was observed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The distinct difference existed in the improvement of arterial pressure on the HM and Lung Meridian with EA. The regulatory action of EA in HM on the cardiac function was significantly better than that of EA in Lung Meridian.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  HM was closely related to the cardiac function.
authors.affiliation: Anhui College of TCM, Hefei.
authors.forename: Z B
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D016740:Meridians; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010909:Pituitary Hormones, Posterior; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D010909:Pituitary Hormones, Posterior