• Department of General Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400037;
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ObjectiveTo assess the effects of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (RSM) on patency and proliferation lesion of autologous vein to artery grafts in the earlymiddle stage.MethodsAutologous jugular vein was grafted into abdominal artery in the rats. The rats were divided into two groups: RSM group and control group. The rats in RSM group were fed with RSM [24 g/(kg·d )],which began 1 day before operation and continued until harvesting. Vein grafts were harvested at 1,3 days, 1, 2, 4 and 8 weeks after surgery for examining the patency, thickness of intimamedia and expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). ResultsNo significant differences existed in patency of vein grafts between the two groups (P gt;0.05). The intimamedia thickness of the vein grafts in RSM group decreased 1/3 compared with control group at 2, 4 and 8 weeks (P<0.01). The PCNA positive cells in RSM group reduced significantly as compared to the control group (P<0.01). ConclusionRSM can inhibit proliferation lesion of vein grafts but has no influence on patency of vein grafts in the earlymiddle stage.

Citation: MA Xiaogan,SHI De.. Effect of Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae on Patency and Proliferation Lesion of Autologous Vein to Artery Grafts in the EarlyMiddle Stage. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2002, 9(4): 232-234. doi: Copy