[The structural organization of the regional lymph nodes of the heart in the acute period of experimental myocardial ischemia].

Anterior mediastinal and popliteal lymph nodes were studied morphologically and cytologically in male Wistar line rats in an acute period of experimental ischemia resulting from ligation of the left coronary artery. Three stages of structural-functional changes were demonstrated. In first stage increase of cortical substance square, widening of intermediate sinuses and macrophage number increase in all lymph node zones were observed in both groups after ligation of the artery. Second stage (day III of the ischemia) is characterized with the accumulation of plasmatic series cells and reaction of blast transformation in lymph node zones. In third stage (day 7 of the ischemia) restoration of medullar sinuses square up to the control values and even certain increase of the latter were observed. Morphofunctional changes in an acute period of the experimental ischemia of myocardium depend on the lymph node functional specialization and they are greater expressed in mediastinal lymph nodes of the heart region. It was suggested that in an acute period of ischemia of myocardium lymph nodes influence the quantity and cellular content of the passing lymph.