title: Amelioration of heart failure by MDL 17043 and MDL 19205, novel positive inotropic drugs, in dog heart-lung preparations.
abstract: The efficacies of MDL 17043 and MDL 19205 in ameliorating heart failure were assessed in dog heart-lung preparations in which cardiac function had been severely depressed by pentobarbital. Six preparations were used for each drug. Both drugs in doses of 1-30 mumol similarly improved cardiac function in a dose-dependent manner and at 30 mumol improved it beyond control values. AV conduction impaired by pentobarbital was restored by 30 mumol of the 2 drugs. In these doses, however, neither of the drugs produced a significant increase in heart rate or arrhythmias. These results indicate that the 2 drugs would be of use in the treatment of heart failure.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004285:Dogs; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D017335:Enoximone; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000187:drug effects; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D007093:Imidazoles; C039686:piroximone; D017335:Enoximone