Mild hyperbaric oxygen exposure protects heart during ischemia/reperfusion and affects vascular relaxation.
Pflugers Arch
; 476(10): 1587-1595, 2024 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-39052036
ABSTRACT
Mild hyperbaric oxygen therapy (mHBOT) is an adjuvant therapy used in conditions where tissue oxygenation is reduced and is implemented using pressures less than 1.5 ATA and 100% O2 (instead of the classical HBOT at 1.9-3 ATA) which results in cheaper, easier to implement, and equally effective. mHBOT is offered for wellness and beauty and as an anti-aging strategy, in spite of the absence of studies on the cardiovascular system. Consequently, we investigated the impact of mHBOT on the cardiovascular system. Mechanical and energetic parameters of isolated heart submitted to ischemia/reperfusion injury and arterial contractile response from mHBOT-exposed rats were evaluated. In the heart, mHBOT increased pre-ischemic velocity of contraction and ischemic end-diastolic pressure and developed pressure and contractile economy during reperfusion. mHBOT decreased infarct size and increased the plasma nitrite levels. In the artery, mHBOT increased acetylcholine sensitivity. mHBOT protects the heart during ischemia/reperfusion and affects vascular relaxation.
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Assunto principal:
Vasodilatação
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Traumatismo por Reperfusão Miocárdica
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Ratos Wistar
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Oxigenoterapia Hiperbárica
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Animals
Idioma:
En
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Pflugers Arch
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de afiliação:
Argentina
País de publicação:
Alemanha