Abstract
The effects of halothane and isoflurane on ventricular intracellular action potentials recorded in situ in pentobarbital anesthetized rats were studied. Halothane (0.5, 1 and 2 vol.%) and isoflurane (0.75, 1.5 and 3 vol.%) did not have identical effects on rat epicardial action potentials recorded by floating microelectrodes. However, over the concentration range tested, both anesthetics reduced blood pressure and heart rate to a similar extent. Isoflurane did not effect the maximum rate of rise of the action potential amplitude. However, 3 vol.% isoflurane reduced the resting membrane potential from -72+/-2 to -65+/-3 mV (mean+/-SEM, p<0.05) while the highest concentration of halothane had no effect. Halothane (2 vol.%) reduced action potential amplitude from 74+/-4 to 65+/-3 mV (p<0.05) and reduced the maximum rise rate of action potential from 175+/-21 to 133+/-8 V/s (p<0.05). Both isoflurane and halothane prolonged action potential duration at 10, 25 and 50% repolarization while only halothane significantly shortened action potential duration at 75% repolarization, Thus the effects of halothane and isoflurane on ventricular transmembrane action potentials were similar, but not identical. The relevance of such observations t...Continue Reading
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