title: [The influence of meproscillarin on human left ventricular function (author's transl)].
abstract: Left ventricular (LV) function was assessed by echocardiography in 11 cardiac patients before and after treatment with 14-hydroxy-3beta-[(4-O-methyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-oxy]-14beta-bufa-4,20,22-trienolide (meproscillarin, Clift). This drug was given during 7 days in a dose of 4 X 0.25 mg/d. During a placebo period of 7 days the LV function parameters percent systolic shortening of the transverse LV diameter and mean velocity of circumferential fiber shortening did not change significantly but increased significantly (P less than 0.001) after meproscillarine. Heart rate and end-diastolic LV diameter remained unchanged throughout the study. It is concluded that peroral meproscillarin induced a true increase of LV inotropic state.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002301:Cardiac Glycosides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002301:Cardiac Glycosides
vernacular_title: Einfluss von Meproscillarin auf die linksventrikuläre Funktion beim Menschen.