Why the study?
Does sildenafil pretreatment improve postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction and energy metabolism in a porcine model of cardiac arrest?
Population
24 inbred male Wuzhishan miniature piglets ages 11 to 13 months, average weight 30 ± 2 kg, subjected to 8…
Comparison
Sildenafil 0.5 mg/kg administered once… vs Saline administered in the same manner and…
Design
Preclinical, Randomly divided into three groups using the sealed envelope…
Follow-up
24 hours after resuscitation
Authors
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May protect myocardium in porcine arrest; leaves open translation to human resuscitation and requires clinical trials.
Does sildenafil pretreatment improve postresuscitation myocardial dysfunction and energy metabolism in a porcine model of cardiac arrest?
In a porcine model of cardiac arrest, pretreatment with sildenafil improved 24-hour survival, hemodynamics, and myocardial energy metabolism, suggesting a potential cardioprotective role against ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Zhang et al. (2014) studied this question.
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