The effects of a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC-301) on left ventricular systolic function in anesthetized dogs.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effects of a hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier (HBOC-301) on left ventricular preload, afterload, contractility, and ventriculo-arterial coupling in anesthetized dogs.


METHODS
A prospective experimental study.


METHODS
Seven adult male dogs weighing 2.3 to 2.7 kg.


METHODS
The study was performed on intact, closed-chest, chloralose-anesthetized dogs. Heart rate, left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic volume and pressure, cardiac output, stroke volume, blood resistivity, mean arterial pressure (MAP), dP/dtmax, end-systolic elastance (Ees), systemic vascular resistance (SVR), effective arterial elastance (Ea), left ventricular-arterial coupling (Ees/Ea), and myocardial oxygen consumption (MVO2) were determined during a 90-minute infusion of 30 mL/kg (20 mL/kg/h) of HBOC-301 and for 90 minutes thereafter.


RESULTS
The administration of HBOC-301 significantly decreased packed cell volume, blood resistivity, heart rate, cardiac output, and dP/dtmax and significantly increased left ventricular end-diastolic and end-systolic pressure, MAP, and SVR. The Ea, Ees, Ees/Ea and MVO2 did not change.


CONCLUSIONS
HBOC-301 produced insignificant changes in load independent indexes of cardiac performance (Ees, E, Ees/Ea) in anesthetized dogs. The collective directional changes in these variables, however, in conjunction with significant increases in SVR were most likely responsible for a decrease in cardiac output. Increases in SVR and the volume load (30 mL/kg) contributed to increases in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure.


CONCLUSIONS
HBOC-301 infusion should be monitored and administered cautiously to dogs with poor ventricular function.
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Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
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D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D000818:Animals; D001802:Blood Substitutes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002698:Chloralose; D004285:Dogs / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013599:Systole / Q000187:drug effects; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000187:drug effects*
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D001802:Blood Substitutes; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D002698:Chloralose; C415598:HBOC 301