title: [Inotropic reactions of myocardium of patients with ischemic heart disease and rats during use of amiodarone].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study effect of amiodarone on inotropic reactions of myocardium of patients with ischemic heart disease and rats.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Excitability of rat myocardium has been found to be higher than that of myocardium of patients. Sarcoplasmic reticulum of myocardium of rats has greater functional reserve, therefore rat muscle preparations respond to extrasystolic stimuli with postextrasystolic potentiation. Perfusion with a solution containing amiodarone caused diminution of amplitude of extrasystolic response of muscular strips both from rats and patients. Amiodarone augmented ability of sarcoplasmic reticulum to accumulate Ca ions as it prevented decrease of postextrasystolic contraction of human myocardium and brought about postextrasystolic potentiation of muscular strips of rat myocardium.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Amiodarone affected intracellular homeostasis of calcium ions in cardiomyocytes of both rats and patients. Amiodarone lowered myocardial excitability and facilitated ability of cardiomyocyte sarcoplasmic reticulum to accumulate calcium ions.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ugdyzhekova
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Afanas'ev
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Antonchenko
authors.forename: Sh D
authors.initials: ShD
authors.lastname: Akhmedov
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Popov
mesh_terms: D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D000638:Amiodarone