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