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Effects of anesthetics on the incidence and duration of reperfusion arrhythmias in isolated rat heart. 1993

S Goes, and L Freire-Maia, and A P Almeida

Departamento de Farmacologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.

The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of anesthetics on reperfusion arrhythmias. Male Wistar rats (200-300 g) were injected ip with heparin (200 IU), followed by anesthesia with thiopental (40 mg/kg), pentobarbital (30 mg/kg), urethane (1.2 g/kg), either, or halothane and sacrificed by decapitation. The isolated heart (5 to 8 per group) was perfused with Locke solution by the Langendorff method and the left coronary artery was ligated for 10 min. The incidence of reperfusion arrhythmias (100%) was similar in hearts of control and previously anesthetized rats, but the duration of the arrhythmias was significantly increased by anesthesia (5-fold with thiopental, 15-fold with pentobarbital, ether and halothane, and 30-fold with urethane). In hearts taken from unanesthetized rats and perfused with Locke solution containing anesthetics (5-7 per group), the duration of reperfusion arrhythmias decreased with thiopental (0.23 +/- 0.15 min), did not change with pentobarbital (1.14 +/- 0.26 min) and increased with urethane (16.10 +/- 5.60 min). Our results show that anesthetics alter the duration of reperfusion arrhythmias in the isolated rat heart.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D010424	Pentobarbital	A short-acting barbiturate that is effective as a sedative and hypnotic (but not as an anti-anxiety) agent and is usually given orally. It is prescribed more frequently for sleep induction than for sedation but, like similar agents, may lose its effectiveness by the second week of continued administration. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p236)	Mebubarbital,Mebumal,Diabutal,Etaminal,Ethaminal,Nembutal,Pentobarbital Sodium,Pentobarbital, Monosodium Salt,Pentobarbitone,Sagatal,Monosodium Salt Pentobarbital
D000777	Anesthetics	Agents capable of inducing a total or partial loss of sensation, especially tactile sensation and pain. They may act to induce general ANESTHESIA, in which an unconscious state is achieved, or may act locally to induce numbness or lack of sensation at a targeted site.	Anesthetic,Anesthetic Agents,Anesthetic Drugs,Anesthetic Effect,Anesthetic Effects,Agents, Anesthetic,Drugs, Anesthetic,Effect, Anesthetic,Effects, Anesthetic
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001145	Arrhythmias, Cardiac	Any disturbances of the normal rhythmic beating of the heart or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. Cardiac arrhythmias can be classified by the abnormalities in HEART RATE, disorders of electrical impulse generation, or impulse conduction.	Arrhythmia,Arrythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmias,Cardiac Dysrhythmia,Arrhythmia, Cardiac,Dysrhythmia, Cardiac
D013874	Thiopental	A barbiturate that is administered intravenously for the induction of general anesthesia or for the production of complete anesthesia of short duration.	Penthiobarbital,Thiomebumal,Thiopentobarbital,Bomathal,Nesdonal,Pentothal,Pentothal Sodico,Sodipental,Thionembutal,Thiopental Nycomed,Thiopental Sodium,Thiopentone,Tiobarbital Braun,Trapanal
D014520	Urethane	Antineoplastic agent that is also used as a veterinary anesthetic. It has also been used as an intermediate in organic synthesis. Urethane is suspected to be a carcinogen.	Ethyl Carbamate,Urethan,Carbamate, Ethyl
D015425	Myocardial Reperfusion	Generally, restoration of blood supply to heart tissue which is ischemic due to decrease in normal blood supply. The decrease may result from any source including atherosclerotic obstruction, narrowing of the artery, or surgical clamping. Reperfusion can be induced to treat ischemia. Methods include chemical dissolution of an occluding thrombus, administration of vasodilator drugs, angioplasty, catheterization, and artery bypass graft surgery. However, it is thought that reperfusion can itself further damage the ischemic tissue, causing MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY.	Coronary Reperfusion,Reperfusion, Myocardial,Coronary Reperfusions,Myocardial Reperfusions,Reperfusion, Coronary,Reperfusions, Coronary,Reperfusions, Myocardial
D017208	Rats, Wistar	A strain of albino rat developed at the Wistar Institute that has spread widely at other institutions. This has markedly diluted the original strain.	Wistar Rat,Rat, Wistar,Wistar Rats
D051381	Rats	The common name for the genus Rattus.	Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus