title: Drug effects on the ischemia- and reperfusion-induced arrhythmias in the conscious rats.
abstract: A simple model of coronary occlusion and reperfusion in conscious rat was used to test the effects of various drugs on the arrhythmias. Blood pressure and ECG were monitored on a Grass polygraph. Intravenous infusion of test agents started before coronary occlusion and continued through the periods of occlusion and reperfusion. The free radical scavengers (allopurinol 12.3 mg/kg, mannitol 33.0 mg/kg, N-2-mercapto-propionyl glycine 8.6 mg/kg and adenosine 10.0 mg/kg), class 1-4 antiarrhythmic drugs (lidocaine 10.2 mg/kg, quinidine 12.3 mg/kg, propranolol 4.9 mg/kg, amiodarone 5.6 mg/kg and verapamil 1.1 mg/kg), aspirin 24.5 mg/kg and benadryl 3.7 mg/kg reduced the incidence of ventricular fibrillation and shortened the duration of arrhythmias during occlusion and reperfusion. Cimetidine 6.9 mg/kg was ineffective to exert the antiarrhythmic action. These results implicate that multiple factors, such as ionic channels (Na, K and Ca), free radicals, arachidonate metabolites and histamine release may play significant roles in genesis of arrhythmias during myocardial ischemia and reperfusion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000150:complications*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains