title: [Ventricular arrhythmias in the acute stage of experimental swine myocardial infarct; effect of the beta blocker pindolol and the calcium antagonist Ro 11-1781].
abstract: A study was designed to examine ventricular arrhythmias in the acute phase of experimental myocardial infarction in the pig and to evaluate possible antiarrhythmogenic influence of the beta-adrenergic blocking drug pindolol (Visken) and the calcium antagonist Ro 11-1781. Ventricular fibrillation (VF) occurred in 17 of 18 animals, in 4 almost immediately after coronary occlusion and in 12 with a delay of about 17 min. VF was almost always induced by episodes of ventricular tachycardia (VT) which were started by single ventricular premature beats (VPBs). VPBs occurred in 3 phases, whereas VT and VF coincided only with phase 1 and phase 3. The prematurity index QR/QT of single VPBs decreased significantly with time after coronary occlusion. The beta-adrenergic blocking drug pindolol and the calcium antagonist Ro 11-1781 did not prevent VT or VF.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D005260:Female; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010869:Pindolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013552:Swine; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D010869:Pindolol; D002118:Calcium
vernacular_title: Ventrikuläre Rhythmusstörungen im akuten Stadium des experimentellen Myokardinfarktes beim Schwein; Einfluss des beta-Blockers Pindolol und des Calcium-Antagonisten Ro 11-1781.