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Prostacyclin reduces cardiopulmonary bypass-induced pulmonary endothelial dysfunction

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:41
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Home of Kyle J. Norton for The Better of Living & Living Health Prostacyclin (or PGI2), also known as known as eicosanoids, a member of the family prostaglandins as a metabolite of arachidonic acid, inhibits platelet aggregation, and dilates blood vessels and is released by healthy endothelial cells and performs its function through a paracrine signaling cascade that involves G protein-coupled receptors on nearby platelets and endothelial cells(a).
Prostacyclin reduces cardiopulmonary bypass-induced pulmonary endothelial dysfunction
Cardiopulmonary bypass triggers a systemic inflammatory response that alters pulmonary endothelial function, which can contribute to pulmonary hypertension.  According to the study by the Montreal Heart Institute, prophylactic use of inhaled prostacyclin has a favorable impact on the pulmonary endothelial dysfunction induced by cardiopulmonary bypass associated with preservation of pulmonary intravascular cyclic adenosine monophosphate content and the pulmonary vascular tone(14).
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(a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostacyclin   .
(14) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15224029 http://medicaladvisorjournals.blogspot.com



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