EFFICACY OF ANTIAGGREGANT AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE THERAPY FOR PREVENTION THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEOINTIMAL HYPERPLASIA OF ARTERIOVENOUS ANASTOMOSES IN RABBITS
V.А. Semchenko1, O.Ya. Popadyuk1, O.H. Popadynets1
- Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15407/fz71.02.025

Abstract
The effectiveness of usage of antiaggregant and immunosup-
pressive therapy for prevention the development of neointimal
hyperplasia of arteriovenous anastomoses site was studied.
The study was carried on rabbits that were intraoperatively
intravenously injected with 1000 IU of heparin and formed an
arteriovenous anastomosis end-to-side between the external
jugular vein and the common carotid artery. In the postop-
erative period, animals of the 1st research group received
the platelets P2Y12 receptors inhibitor clopidogrel (20 mg
daily, per os); the 2nd – the platelets aggregation inhibitor
cilostazol (20 mg/kg daily, per os); in rabbits of 3rd and 4th
groups a tacrolimus-saturated film was used topically in the
anastomosis site during surgery, and clopidogrel and cilostazol,
respectively, in the postoperative period. Animals of the
control group didn’t receive antiaggregant and immunosup-
pressive therapy after surgery. It was found that the formation
of arteriovenous fistula was accompanied by morphological
restructuring of the vascular wall, endothelial dysfunction. In
rabbits of all research groups, the neointimal transformation
of the anastomosis site occurred, the structural features of
which depended on the duration of functioning and medica-
ment support. The intensity of oxidative reactions in these
animals was lower in relation to the control (the content of
protein and lipid peroxidation products in the blood serum
was lower by 31.4 – 72.4% against the background of higher
activity of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase
by one and a half – two times). The usage of antiaggregants
(especially cilostazol) in combination with local immunosup-
pressive therapy minimised the disruption of pro-/antioxidant
balance, physiological synthesis of nitric oxide, caused the
formation of a small area of neointimal transformation while
maintaining the structure of the vascular wall membranes and
well-developed vessels and nerves of vessels in the adventitia,
ensuring its trophism and functioning.
Keywords:
neointimal hyperplasia, arteriovenous anastomosis (fistula), occlusive vascular damage, oxidative stress, endothelial dysfunction.
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