1. Studies on the rate of efflux from the isolated perfused @entity35 heart of plasma albumin conjugated with Evans Blue showed the conjugate to have penetrated extensively the extravascular compartment of the organ during a period of 2 min. This was confirmed by direct analysis of hearts for Evans Blue after perfusion.2. Exposure of the hearts to Evans Blue-albumin conjugate for 8 min in vivo showed no significant penetration of the interstitial space.3. With the isolated preparation inclusion of @entity4489 in the perfusing medium significantly diminished the rate of penetration of the extravascular compartment by the conjugate as did injection of the animals with either reserpine 2 days before, or @entity17268 immediately before the experiment.4. Penetration of the interstitial compartment in vivo could be induced by repeated @entity2063 . This penetration could also be diminished by @entity4489 but was not influenced by @entity8765 . The increased permeability of capillaries to plasma proteins can be readily demonstrated in the whole animal by detecting the leakage from the vasculature of the plasma proteins conjugated with a dye (Menkin _ Menkin, 1930; Miles _ Miles, 1952). Evans Blue, which has been widely used as a vascular marker because of the stability of its conjugate with plasma albumin, is the most suitable dye for this purpose. In the present work this method has been applied to the isolated @entity35 heart, to determine if changes in capillary permeability occur in the perfused tissue. When plasma albumin conjugated with @entity23045 was used as a vascular marker in this preparation, its rate of clearance was very much less than that of erythrocytes, and the amount contained in the heart corresponded to a space approaching that occupied by extracellular markers such as @entity9592 and inulin. It was concluded, therefore, that there was a failure of a considerable number of the cardiac capillaries to retain the plasma albumin, and subsequent work was directed towards the identification of the condition that gives rise to these changes and the possible involvement of a permeability factor.A preliminary account of part of this work was given to the Physiologcal Society (Sutherland _ Young, 1961).

Increased permeability of the capillaries of the @entity35 heart to plasma albumin with XXXX and with perfusion.

@entity4489 :: ('MESH:D011398', 'Chemical') :: ['promethazine'] @entity2063 :: ('MESH:C537571', 'Disease') :: ['asphyxiation'] @entity23045 :: ('MESH:D005070', 'Chemical') :: ['Evans Blue'] @entity8765 :: ('MESH:D011738', 'Chemical') :: ['mepyramine maleate'] @entity9592 :: ('MESH:D011887', 'Chemical') :: ['raffinose'] @entity35 :: ('10116', 'Species') :: ['rat'] @entity17268 :: ('MESH:C045166', 'Chemical') :: ['bretylium']
@entity2063 :: (MESH:C537571,Disease) :: ['asphyxiation']
