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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 256: H648-H654, 1989;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 256, Issue 3 648-H654, Copyright © 1989 by American Physiological Society

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Pericardial pressure attenuates release of atriopeptin in volume-expanded dogs

J. A. Stone, P. R. Wilkes, P. M. Keane, E. R. Smith and J. V. Tyberg
Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine, Alberta, Canada.

The role of the pericardium in the release of atriopeptin (AP) was examined, utilizing two separate protocols, in alpha-chloralose-anesthetized dogs. Protocol I consisted of an experimental group (9 dogs), in which the pericardium was incised to allow instrumentation and reapproximated, and a control group (6 dogs), in which the pericardium was left undisturbed. In the experimental group, mean right atrial pressure (Pra) was elevated from a control value of 1.8 +/- 0.9 mmHg (mean +/- SD) to 8.3 +/- 0.8 mmHg for 40 min by volume expansion with isoncotic, lactated Ringer solution. After this period of volume expansion, the pericardium was removed while holding Pra at 8 mmHg. During volume expansion, arterial blood samples for AP analysis were taken at 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, and 40 min, pre- and postpericardiectomy. A similar protocol was followed in the control group. At a Pra of 8 mmHg prepericardiectomy, the plasma AP concentration was 76 +/- 17 pM/l and 74 +/- 38 pM/l in the experimental and control groups, respectively. However, after pericardiectomy, AP levels increased significantly in both the experimental group (136 +/- 41 pM/l; P less than 0.001) and the control group (107 +/- 53 pM/l; P less than 0.025). In protocol II (6 dogs), the pericardium was removed before volume expansion, and Pra was elevated by 2- to 3-mmHg increments and maintained for periods of 13 min at each pressure. AP concentration did not increase until Pra reached 3-4 mmHg.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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