Does isoflurane inhibit multiple voltage-gated calcium currents in hippocampal pyramidal neurons?
Given the importance of calcium currents in the regulation of excitability in central neurons and the involvement of P and N channels in neurotransmitter release, this effect may represent an important action of volatile anesthetics in producing general anesthesia.
In stable angina patients, coronary stenting is associated with an acute and transient increase in plasma MPO levels, but not in lactoferrin levels, with an enhanced response in the presence of complex lesions. In contrast, we observed no changes in plasma MPO and lactoferrin levels following stenting in patients with AMI. Given its pro-inflammatory properties, the potential implication of MPO release on clinical outcome in stable patients undergoing stenting needs further investigation.