title: Simulation of cardiac hypopolarization arrhythmias and evaluation of cardiomyocyte membrane hypopolarization in experimental animals.
abstract: A method for simulating cardiac hypopolarization arrhythmias was developed in order to study changes in cardiomyocyte membrane hypopolarization under the effects of antiarrhythmics and other drugs. The method is based on registration of K(+)-induced arrhythmias after intravenous injection of a minimum arrhythmogenic dose of 1.5% KCl over 2 sec. Atrioventricular and intraventricular blockades without arrhythmias are recorded in first-degree membrane hypopolarization. The same changes and cardiac arrhythmias are characteristic of second-degree hypopolarization. Third degree is associated with transitory cardioplegia, fourth degree with heart arrest and animal death.
authors.affiliation: Vinnitsa National Medical University.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Moroz
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Lipnitskii
mesh_terms: D000638:Amiodarone / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000187:drug effects; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods; D007008:Hypokalemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000633:toxicity; D011342:Procainamide / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017725:Ventricular Pressure / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D011342:Procainamide; D000638:Amiodarone