Comparison of the effects of molsidomine, nitroglycerin and isosorbide dinitrate on experimentally induced coronary artery thrombosis in the dog

Archiv für Kreislaufforschung - Tập 79 - Trang 503-512 - 1984
P. A. Martorana1, B. Kettenbach1, H. Göbel1, R. -E. Nitz1
1Department of Pharmacology, Cassella AG, Frankfurt/M, (F.R.G.)

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Platelet activation and aggregation in the coronary circulation may be important in the pathogenesis of myocardial ischemia. Molsidomine (M), isosorbide dinitrate (ISDN) and nitroglycerin (NTG) have been found to inhibit platelet aggregationin vitro. In the present study, the activity of these compounds was investigated in a model of coronary artery thrombosisin vivo. Dogs were ancsthetized, thoracotomized, and their heart was exposed. An electrode was inserted into the left circumflex coronary artery and set to rest on the intima. Electrical stimulation (9 V, 150 μA) lasted for 6 h. Compounds (each in 2 dose levels) were given as an i.v. infusion starting 30 min after the beginning of the stimulation and lasting for the duration of the experiment. All control (saline-treated) animals underwent thrombotic occlusion of the coronary artery as assessed by flow measurement. On the other hand, 2/8 dogs treated with the lower M dose and 4/8 dogs treated with the higher M dose did not have a coronary occlusion. Neither ISDN nor NTG, at both doses, prevented the coronary occlusion. In control animals thrombus wet weight was 74.43±11.25 mg. M reduced the thrombus weight in a doserelated manner, while ISDN (marginally) and NTG (significantly at the higher dose) increased this parameter. Following the coronary thrombosis, all control animals developed myocardial infarcts as assessed by the tetrazolium technique. Similarly all animals treated with ISDN and with NTG (at both doses) showed infarcts. However, 3/8 M-dogs did not have a myocardial infarction in the lower as well as in the higher dose groups. The hemodynamic changes induced by the 3 compounds were similar in magnitude. Thus M but not ISDN or NTG showed in thisin-vivo study antithrombotic and consequently antiischemic activity.

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