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Effect of desmopressin on vein graft patency in a microvascular model

✍ Scribed by Dr. Neal D. Kon; Stephen A. Mills; Cynthia A. Andrews; Larry R. Miller; A. Robert Cordell

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
367 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0738-1085

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✦ Synopsis

Desmopressin acetate decreases blood loss after cardiac surgery by activating platelets. We studied whether this effect was detrimental to small-caliber vein grafts in rats. Thirty minutes before femoral artery grafting with 0.75-mm-diameter reverse autogenous saphenous vein grafts, 20 rats received desmopressin acetate intravenously at 1.0 micrograms/kg over 10 minutes, and 20 control rats received normal saline intravenously over 10 minutes. In each group, 10 rats received a 6-mm-long graft and 10 an 18-mm-long graft. Graft patency was evaluated at 20 minutes, 24 hours, and 30 days. Intimal thickening was assessed by light and scanning electron microscopy. At 30 days, 9 short grafts and 8 long grafts in the desmopressin-treated group were patent, whereas only 8 short control grafts and only 6 long control grafts were patent. Intimal thickening and platelet deposition were the same in both groups. These data show no detrimental effects of desmopressin acetate on saphenous vein graft patency.

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