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General Physiology and Biophysics Vol.28, No.1, p.16-23, 2009 |
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Title: The correlation between the plasma nitric oxide levels and QT/QTc interval in conscious rabbits | ||
Author: Tennur Atabay, Metehan Uzun | ||
Abstract: The current study was undertaken to investigate the effects of NOx (plasma concentrations of nitrate plus nitrite which are plasma nitric oxide (NO) metabolites) over QT interval and to determine the level of correlation between them in conscious rabbits. For this purpose, twenty-one New Zealand rabbits (5–7 months old) were used and randomly assigned into the following three groups: control (CG; n = 7, 1 ml isotonic NaCl solution per animal/day), L-arginine (ARG-G; n = 7, L-arginine solution 200 mg/kg/day) and L-NAME (NAME-G; n = 7, L-NAME solution 100 mg/kg/day). Injections were performed intraperitoneally at 9:00 a.m. for 9 days. Blood samples were collected 2 h after the injections on day 1, 5 and 9 and the concentration of plasma NOx was determined using a colorimetric method. ECG was also recorded 2 h after the injection on 1st, 5th and 9th days. The heart rate, QT intervals, corrected QT intervals (QTc) and QT dispersion (QTd), QTc dispersion (QTcd) values were calculated from the ECG recordings. Statistically significant differences were observed between HR, QT and QTc values in all groups for all days (p < 0.001). QTd and QTcd values were found statistically significant different in NAME-G compared to CG and ARG-G (p < 0.001). It was also determined that there was a statistically significant correlation between the NOx and HR and QT and QTc in all days.It is concluded from this study that NO is an important molecule for the electrical activation of heart and has effects on the duration of QT/QTc interval, which should be taken into consideration by the physicians. In addition, application of the L-arginine should be further studied. |
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Keywords: Nitric oxide — L-NAME — ECG — QT interval — Rabbit | ||
Year: 2009, Volume: 28, Issue: 1 | Page From: 16, Page To: 23 | |
doi:10.4149/gpb_2009_01_16 |
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