PMID: 2110552Apr 1, 1990Paper

Selective effects of tocainide in canine acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiology
S HiromasaJ Kupersmith

Abstract

We examined the in vivo electrophysiologic effects of tocainide in canine acute myocardial infarction. We compared the effects of tocainide in infarcted and non-infarcted zones. The left anterior descending coronary artery of 8 dogs was ligated and bipolar ventricular electrograms were recorded from a needle electrode placed transmurally in the infarcted zone and from electrodes in the non-infarcted zone. Conduction intervals were measured from the onset of the limb lead QRS to the major deflection of the recorded electrograms in the infarcted and non-infarcted zones. Effective refractory periods were also determined. Measurements were made before, during and after intravenous infusion of tocainide in therapeutic doses 2 hours after infarct. Tocainide prolonged conduction intervals by 26-31% in the infarcted zone at peak (P less than 0.001), but by only 6% in the non-infarcted zone. Similarly, tocainide prolonged the effective refractory period by 27% (P less than 0.001) on the infarcted, but by 8% the non-infarcted zone. Tocainide had very slight effects on QRS duration. The present study shows that tocainide had selective effects in the infarcted zone on both conduction and effective refractory period. These selective effects...Continue Reading

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