Pulmonary Microcirculation in Experimental Model of Pulmonary Thromboembolism under Conditions of α-Adrenoceptor Blockade

Abstract

Changes in the pulmonary microcirculation in isolated perfused rabbit lungs during modeling of pulmonary thromboembolism were studied in control animals and against the background of α-adrenoceptors blockade with phentolamine. Intravenous injection of emboli to control animals was followed by an increase in pressure in the pulmonary artery, mean capillary hydrostatic pressure, capillary filtration coefficient, pulmonary vascular resistance, as well as precapillary and postcapillary resistances. Against the background of α-adrenoceptor blockade, the increase in most parameters was less pronounced than in control animals, while capillary filtration coefficient increased more drastically. Thus, adrenergic mechanisms are involved in the constrictor reactions of both arterial and venous pulmonary vessels under conditions of pulmonary thromboembolism.