title: Cardiovascular effects of endothelin in dogs: positive inotropic action in vivo.
abstract: Endothelin, administered i.v. to anesthetized dogs, dose dependently increased the cardiac output, left ventricular systolic pressure (LVSP), and maximum upstroke velocity (max dp/dt) of the LVSP for about 10 min without changing the heart rate. Thereafter the cardiac output decreased to below the control level but max dp/dt decreased to the control level. The arterial pressure and total peripheral resistance showed an initial, transient decrease followed by a sustained increase. These results suggest that endothelin has positive inotropic and long-lasting vasoconstrictive effects preceded by transient vasodilatation in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Central Research Division, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitayoshi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimamoto
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016232:Endothelins; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D010455:Peptides