Why the study?
Does cariporide reduce infarct size and improve myocardial function in regionally ischemic, reperfused porcine hearts?
Population
20 thoracotomized pigs subjected to regional ischemia and 24 hours of reperfusion
Comparison
Cariporide 1 mg/kg injected intravenously 10 min… vs Control group subjected to 45 min of ischemia…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
24 hours of reperfusion
Key result
Pretreatment with the Na+/H+-exchange inhibitor HOE642 significantly decreased histochemical infarct size from 51.2% to 13.2% (p < 0.005) in porcine hearts subjected to 45 minutes of ischemia.
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Supports NHE inhibition for infarct reduction in porcine ischemia-reperfusion; leaves open human translation.
Does cariporide reduce infarct size and improve myocardial function in regionally ischemic, reperfused porcine hearts?
Absolute Event Rate: 13.2% vs 51.2%
p-value: p=< 0.005
Pretreatment with the Na+/H+-exchange inhibitor cariporide significantly reduces infarct size and improves functional recovery in a porcine model of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion, effectively delaying cell death.
Klein et al. (1997) studied Myocardial ischemia and reperfusion (n=20). HOE642 (cariporide) vs. Control (no pretreatment) was evaluated on Histochemical infarct size (ratio of infarcted to ischemic myocardium) (p=< 0.005). Pretreatment with the Na+/H+-exchange inhibitor HOE642 significantly decreased histochemical infarct size from 51.2% to 13.2% (p < 0.005) in porcine hearts subjected to 45 minutes of ischemia.