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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2014

Protective role of heparin in the injury of the liver and kidney on the experimental model of ischemia/reperfusion.

Ali Ümit Yener, Mustafa Cüneyt Çiçek, Serhat Bahadır Genç, Turgut Özkan, Emre Doğan, Bülent Cağlar Bilgin, Tezcan Akın, Havva Erdem, Handan Ankarali

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Article in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Ali Ümit YenerDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ankara Numune Education and Research Hospital, 06330 Ankara, Turkey. yener@comu.edu.tr.
Mustafa Cüneyt Çiçek
Serhat Bahadır Genç
Turgut Özkan
Emre Doğan
Bülent Cağlar Bilgin
Tezcan Akın
Havva Erdem
Handan Ankarali
Ankara Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi · TRDüzce Üniversitesi · TRÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi · TR

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Abstract

backgroundSurgery of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) is associated with high incidence of serious complications. Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury may be responsible for these complications. We investigated the effect of degree of anticoagulation on remote organ I/R injuries and whether heparin is protective against I/R injury in addition to its anticoagulant properties.

methodsSpraque Dawley rats were used to determine both liver and kidney concentrations of HSP-70,IL-6, MPO in four groups: ischemic control (operation with cross-clamping and intraperitoneal administration of 0.9% saline, n = 7), sham (operation without cross-clamping, n = 7), heparin (ACT level about 200), and high dose heparin (ACT level up to 600). Histological analyses of the organs were performed.

resultsHistopathological evaluation of kidney presented significant differences between groups with regards to the cytoplasmic vacuole formation, hemorrhage, tubular cell degeneration and tubular dilatation while heparinized group had best results. The kidney MPO and HSP-70 levels significantly decreased (p < 0.05), but IL-6 level was not significant (p > 0.05) in heparinized group when compared to ischemic control group. No statistically significant intergroup differences were detected in the tissue samples of liver. Immunohistochemical markers of the liver were compared and no statistically significant difference was found among the groups.

conclusionHeparin is an important anticoagulation agent in TAAA surgical procedures but the use of higher levels of heparin in the present study revealed no beneficial effects. Bleeding complications is much less when heparin is used in the real-world clinical practice as ACT levels of 200.

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AnimalsAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicHeparinImmunohistochemistryKidneyLiverMaleProtective AgentsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReperfusion InjuryHeparinProtective Agents

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PMCPMC3931476
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