title: Anti-inflammatory effect of meloxicam on experimental vasospasm in the rat femoral artery.
abstract: Cerebral vasospasm influences morbidity and mortality following subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Inflammation is believed to play a role in post-haemorrhagic vasospasm. Meloxicam is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. We investigated the effect of meloxicam on a rat femoral artery vasospasm model using the radial wall thickness and cross-sectional lumen area as parameters under light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy examination. Rats were randomly separated into SAH, SAH+ meloxicam and control groups. Rats in the SAH+ meloxicam group were given meloxicam at 2 mg/kg daily for 7 days. Femoral arteries were examined by light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy, and for morphometric analysis. A statistically significant difference (p<0.001) was detected between the SAH and SAH+ meloxicam groups. Meloxicam treatment reduced ultrastructural and morphometric vasospastic changes. These findings support the hypothesis that inflammation may play a role in the pathophysiologyical pathways of post-haemorrhagic cerebral vasospasm.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Haydarpaşa Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. tayfunhakan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tayfun
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hakan
authors.forename: M Zafer
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Berkman
authors.forename: Turgay
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Karataş
authors.forename: Tangül
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: San
authors.forename: Serap
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arbak
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects*; D000077239:Meloxicam; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000139:chemically induced; D013843:Thiazines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020301:Vasospasm, Intracranial / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D013843:Thiazines; D013844:Thiazoles; D000077239:Meloxicam