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Hemodynamic characterization of chronic bile duct-ligated rats: effect of pentobarbital sodium

S. S. Lee, C. Girod, A. Braillon, A. Hadengue and D. Lebrec

Systemic and splanchnic hemodynamics of the chronic bile duct-ligated rat were characterized by radioactive microspheres. Conscious and pentobarbital sodium-anesthetized, bile duct-ligated and sham-operated rats had cardiac output and regional organ blood flows determined. The conscious bile duct-ligated rat compared with the sham-operated showed a hyperdynamic circulation with an increased cardiac output (153.3 +/- 9.8 vs. 112.6 +/- 6.0 ml/min, P less than 0.005) and portal tributary blood flow (21.32 +/- 1.43 vs. 12.79 +/- 1.47 ml/min, P less than 0.005). Pentobarbital sodium anesthesia induced marked hemodynamic changes in both sham-operated and bile duct-ligated rats. The latter group was especially sensitive to its effects; thus, comparison of cardiac output and portal tributary blood flow between anesthetized bile duct-ligated and sham-operated rats showed no significant differences. We conclude that the rat with cirrhosis due to chronic bile duct ligation is an excellent model for hemodynamic investigations but should be studied in the conscious state, since pentobarbital sodium anesthesia eliminates the hyperdynamic circulation.

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