title: Cardiac contractile reserve in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: 1. In response to graded infusions of isoprenaline, adult spontaneously hypertensive rats (20-24 weeks old) showed diminished responses of left ventricular contractile indices, diminished chronotropic responses and impairment of left ventricular relaxation rate as compared with matched Kyoto-Wistar rats. 2. These findings suggest reduced capacity to increase contractility in response to stress.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D007545:Isoproterenol