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  • Title: Coronary microcirculation during halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, and adenosine in dogs.
    Author: Conzen PF, Habazettl H, Vollmar B, Christ M, Baier H, Peter K.
    Journal: Anesthesiology; 1992 Feb; 76(2):261-70. PubMed ID: 1736703.
    Abstract:
    We investigated the effects of clinically administered volatile anesthetics and of adenosine on the microvasculature of the in situ beating canine heart. Thirteen dogs were studied during general anesthesia with an opioid (piritramide), which was infused throughout the experiments. Measurements were obtained in each animal at control (piritramide only) and during hypotension (mean arterial pressure 60 mmHg) induced by halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, and adenosine. Using epiillumination and fluorescence microscopy, 354 arterial microvessels with diameters from 20 to 450 microns were examined through all experimental periods. Hypotension by halothane, enflurane, isoflurane, and adenosine reduced coronary vascular resistance by 13%, 23%, 40%, and 85%, respectively. Coronary venous PO2 was unchanged from control with halothane (+/- 0%) and enflurane (+7%) and significantly increased with isoflurane (+16%) and adenosine (+65%). Left ventricular blood flow decreased significantly during halothane (-35%) and enflurane (-23%); was unchanged from control during isoflurane (-9%); but significantly increased during adenosine (+397%). Coronary arterial and arteriolar diameters increased with all hypotensive agents. Vasodilation was least with halothane, intermediate with enflurane and isoflurane, and most pronounced with adenosine. Diameters increased considerably more in vessels with initial diameters below 100 microns as opposed to larger vessels. Calculation of microvascular segmental resistances revealed that the maximum conductance changes during volatile anesthetics were located in the vessel segments visualized by microscopy, i.e., in vessels larger than 20 microns. However, this was not the case with adenosine. We conclude that volatile anesthetics induce coronary vasodilation by preferentially acting on vessels with diameters from 20 microns to approximately 200 microns, whereas adenosine, in addition, has a pronounced impact on the small precapillary arterioles.
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