The effects of indecainide, a new antidysrhythmic drug, on nodal tissues in the isolated rabbit heart.
The effects of indecainide, previously shown to be a class 1c antiarrhythmic drug restricting fast inward current, have been studied on rabbit sinoatrial (SA) node and atrioventricular (AV) node. Indecainide at concentrations up to 2.9 mumol/L in 5 preparations did not produce a sinus bradycardia, nor reduce the maximum rate of rise of the intracellular action potential of sinus node cells, but it did antagonize the tachycardia induced by increasing the extracellular calcium concentration. Indecainide slightly prolonged AV conduction time [from 49.07 +/- 4.43 ms to 57.37 +/- 0.90 ms at 2.9 mumol/L (means +/- SEM in four preparations)], but this small delay could be attributed to slowing of conduction in atrial fibres leading to the node, rather than to an effect on the AV nodal cells themselves. It is concluded that indecainide does not block channels carrying inward calcium current in nodal tissues.
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D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005449:Fluorenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000187:drug effects*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000187:drug effects; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D011817:Rabbits; D012849:Sinoatrial Node / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D005449:Fluorenes; D007473:Ion Channels; C042398:indecainide; D002118:Calcium