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Inhibitory effects of sildenafil on gastric motility and gastric slow waves in dogs.

Zhu H, Xu X, Chen JD

Veterans Research Foundation, VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of sildenafil on gastric motility and gastric slow waves in dogs. The study was performed in healthy dogs and composed of three experiments. The first experiment was designed to study the effects of sildenafil on gastric emptying and gastric slow waves. The second experiment was used to investigate the effects of sildenafil on gastric tone. The third experiment was used to study the effects of sildenafil on postprandial antral contractions. (i) Sildenafil did not alter gastric emptying of liquid. (ii) Sildenafil had no effects on dominant frequency and percentage of normal gastric slow waves. The dominant power of gastric slow waves was, however, significantly reduced with sildenafil (P < 0.02). (iii) Fasting gastric volume with sildenafil was significantly higher than that at baseline (P < 0.0005) or in the control session (P < 0.002). However, the postprandial gastric volume was not altered with sildenafil. (iv) Sildenafil inhibited gastric antral motility. The contraction index was 338.5 +/- 39.99 at baseline and 122.5 +/- 20.3 after the injection of sildenafil (P = 0.003). Sildenafil inhibits fundic tone and antral motility but does not seem to delay gastric emptying of liquid in dogs. The amplitude but not the frequency or regularity of the gastric slow wave is inhibited by sildenafil.

Published 15 February 2007 in Neurogastroenterol Motil, 19(3): 218-24.
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