The effects of diltiazem on superior mesenteric artery ligation. An experimental study
Topaloğlu, U.; Yilmazcan, A.; Peker, O.; Diren, S.; Türkalp, I.; Unalmişer, S.
International Surgery 81(4): 374-376
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0020-8868 PMID: 9127798 Document Number: 464274
The effects of diltiazem on an experimental study of Superior Mesenteric Artery ligation were studied on three rat groups comprising controls (N = 5), SMA ligation (N = 8), and SMA ligation and diltizem (0.25 mg/kg injection), (N = 8). Creatine phosphokinase, lactic dehydrogenase, aspartate transaminase and alanine transaminase venous blood levels were significantly decreased after diltiazem injection compared with the SMA ligation group. Histopathologic examinations revealed that diltiazem partly protected the small intestine from ischemic changes.