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Myocardial damage during protracted anaphylactic shock in guinea pigs

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In ovalbumin-sensitized, mepyramine-treated guinea pigs protracted anaphylactic shock was elicited by i.v. injection of antigen. Diffuse or focal necrosis of myocardial cells was found in animals which died in protracted shock, as well as perivascular and interstitial edema. The antigen effects could be partially imitated by i.v. infusion of high amounts of adrenaline into nonsensitized guinea pigs. When adrenaline was infused during protracted anaphylactic shock, the catecholamine effects did not add to the histological effects of the antigen. Rather, the morphological alterations in the hearts were reduced, whereas the survival times were not increased, but decreased. - The findings are discussed in view of the nature of protracted anaphylactic shock.

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Bei ovalbuminsensibilisierten, mepyraminvorbehandelten Meerschweinchen wurde durch intravenöse Injektion von Antigen ein protrahierter anaphylaktischer Schock ausgelöst. Bei Tieren, welche im protrahierten Schock verstarben, konnten sowohl diffuse als auch herdförmige Herzmuskelzellnekrosen gefunden werden. Ferner waren perivaskuläre und interstitielle Ödeme nachweisbar. Die Antigeneffekte bei nicht sensibilisierten Tieren konnten durch intravenöse Infusion hoher Dosen von Adrenalin teilweise imitiert werden. Wurde Adrenalin im Verlaufe des protrahierten Schocks infundiert, so nahm das Ausmaß der Herzmuskelzellnekrosen nicht zu. Die histologischen Veränderungen waren eher vermindert, obgleich die Überlebenszeit nicht verlängert sondern verkürzt war. Die Befunde werden im Hinblick auf die Pathogenese des protrahierten anaphylaktischen Schocks diskutiert.

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Hagedorn, M., Bernauer, W. & Mittermayer, C. Myocardial damage during protracted anaphylactic shock in guinea pigs. Res. Exp. Med. 166, 173–181 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01851183

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