Abstract EN:

This work shows that low doses of carbon monoxyde (CO) corresponding to air pollution impair right ventricle (RV) and right coronary circulation adaptive response in animals preexposed to hypoxic hypoxemia. A complementary study on coronary smooth muscle cell shows that voltage-gated potassium channels contribute to the repolarizing outward membrane currents and they were impaired following hypoxemia and CO exposures. This work provides physiological findings on the cardiac effects of air pollution and increased sensitivity in hypoxic hypoxemic animals. We have used the techniques of cardiovascular functional exploration and electrophysiological assessment of the coronary smooth muscle cell.