Protection against ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac death using adenosine and lidocaine during regional ischemia in the in vivo rat

Canyon, Sarah J., and Dobson, Geoffrey P. (2004) Protection against ventricular arrhythmias and cardiac death using adenosine and lidocaine during regional ischemia in the in vivo rat. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 287 (3). pp. 1286-1295.

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Abstract

Despite decades of research, there are few effective ways to treat ventricular fibrillation (VF), ventricular tachycardia (VT), or cardiac ischemia that show a significant survival benefit. Our aim was to investigate the combined therapeutic effect of two common antiarrhythmic compounds, adenosine and lidocaine (AL), on mortality, arrhythmia frequency and duration, and infarct size in the rat model of regional ischemia. Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 49) were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium (60 mg·ml–1·kg–1 ip) and instrumented for regional coronary occlusion (30 min) and reperfusion (120 min). Heart rate, blood pressure, and a lead II electrocardiogram were recorded. Intravenous pretreatment began 5 min before ischemia and extended throughout ischemia, terminating at the start of reperfusion. After 120 min, hearts were removed for infarct size measurement. Mortality occurred in 58% of saline controls (n = 12), 50% of adenosine only (305 µg·kg–1·min–1, n = 8), 0% in lidocaine only (608 µg·kg–1·min–1, n = 8), and 0% in AL at any dose (152, 305, or 407 µg·kg–1·min–1 adenosine plus 608 µg·kg–1·min–1 lidocaine, n = 7, 8, and 6). VT occurred in 100% of saline controls (18 ± 9 episodes), 50% of adenosine-only (11 ± 7 episodes), 83% of lidocaine-only (23 ± 11 episodes), 60% of low-dose AL (2 ± 1 episodes, P < 0.05), 57% of mid-dose AL (2 ± 1 episodes, P < 0.05), and 67% of high-dose AL rats (6 ± 3 episodes). VF occurred in 75% of saline controls (4 ± 3 episodes), 100% of adenosine-only-treated rats (3 ± 2 episodes), and 33% lidocaine-only-treated rats (2 ± 1 episodes) of the rats tested. There was no deaths and no VF in the low- and mid-dose AL-treated rats during ischemia, and only one high-dose AL-treated rat experienced VF (25.5 sec). Infarct size was lower in all AL-treated rats but only reached significance with the mid-dose treatment (saline controls 61 ± 5% vs. 38 ± 6%, P < 0.05). We conclude that a constant infusion of a solution containing AL virtually abolished severe arrhythmias and prevented cardiac death in an in vivo rat model of acute myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. AL combinational therapy may provide a primary prevention therapeutic window in ischemic and nonischemic regions of the heart.

Item ID: 5722
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1522-1539
Keywords: ATP-sensitive K+ channel; heart; infarction; Na+ channel; sudden death
Date Deposited: 22 Dec 2009 03:30
FoR Codes: 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1102 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology > 110201 Cardiology (incl Cardiovascular Diseases) @ 100%
SEO Codes: 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases @ 100%
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