title: Beneficial effects of amiodarone and dronedarone (SR 33589b), when applied during low-flow ischemia, on arrhythmia and functional parameters asssessed during reperfusion in isolated rat hearts.
abstract: The effects of short-term amiodarone and dronedarone treatments on action potential characteristics and arrhythmia (ventricular tachycardia ) induced by reperfusion after global low-flow ischemia were studied in rat hearts. The actions of amiodarone and SR on recovery of coronary flow and contractile function were also determined. Isolated hearts were stabilized for 40 min and were then submitted to 25-min global low-flow ischemia (constant coronary flow, 0.3 ml/min) followed by 30 min of reperfusion at constant pressure. Drugs were applied only during ischemia: consequently, action potential duration (APD) tended to widen. During reperfusion, APD tended to recover or shorten, and the more complete the recovery, the less the arrhythmia. Despite its ability to widen APD during ischemia, amiodarone facilitated APD recovery during reperfusion. Moreover, APD shortening and ventricular tachycardia suppression exhibit a bell-shaped concentration-response relation, implying that the drugs affect ventricular tachycardia by a class III-independent action. These results point to an anti-ischemic action supported by improvement in function and inhibition of reactive hyperemia.
authors.affiliation: Preconditioning and Myocardium Remodeling Laboratory, Science UFR, University of Angers, Angers, France. annie.rochetaing@univ-angers.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rochetaing
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barbé
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kreher
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000638:Amiodarone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D000077764:Dronedarone; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D000077764:Dronedarone; D000638:Amiodarone