Abstract
Ergometrine usually depresses the S-T segment as in coronary insufficiency, when injected intravenously in rabbits with experimental coronary atherosclerosis and in patients with effort angina, but not in normal animals and man. To explain this difference, we carried out Langendorff perfusion studies in 32 normal and 29 atherosclerotic isolated rabbit hearts. Preliminary tests with ergometrine were done to ensure that advanced coronary atherosclerosis had developed in the rabbits fed a cholesterol diet; pathological examination of the heart after perfusion confirmed the result of the final test with ergometrine. Before drugs were perfused, the basal rate of coronary flow was greater, the heart rate was slower and the contractile amplitude was smaller in the atherosclerotic than in the normal hearts; nitroglycerin markedly increased flow in both normal and atherosclerotic groups. Ergometrine consistently caused a reduction in contractile amplitude with negligible changes in heart rate in both normal and atherosclerotic hearts. On coronary flow, however, the effects of ergometrine differed significantly in these groups; in doses of between 0.2 and 0.4 mg., the average decrease in flow was 8% in normal and 22% in atherosclerotic h...Continue Reading
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