Plasma levels and vascular effects of vasopressin in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting☆ | Zendy

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Plasma levels and vascular effects of vasopressin in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting☆

Author(s) -

Susaovella,

Ana Cristina Martı́nez,

Rosa María Pagán,

Medardo Hernández,

Albino Garcı́a-Sacristán,

Ángel GonzálezPinto,

José María GonzálezSantos,

Sara Benedito

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.03.047

Subject(s) - vasopressin , medicine , endocrinology , artery , superoxide dismutase , nitric oxide , endothelin receptor , chemistry , oxidative stress , receptor

Recent studies have suggested that endogenous vasopressin (AVP) acts as a spasmogen during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Given that AVP could induce vasospasm in the grafted vessel, we assessed the release of this peptide during and after CABG, and explored ways of counteracting its contractile effect on the internal mammary artery (IMA).

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