Direct chronotropic and dromotropic actions of contrast media: ineffectiveness of atropine in the prevention of bradyarrhythmias and conduction disturbances. 1976

C B Higgins, and G K Feld

Methyl glucamine sodium diatrizoate (Renografin 76) was directly infused into the isolated arteries to the sino-atrial and atrioventricular nodes of anesthetized dogs, causing a dose-related inhibition of sino-atrial nodal automaticity and atrioventricular nodal conductivity; these effects were not attenuated by autonomic blockade or cervical vagotomy. The important negative chronotropic and dramatropic effects of contrast media used for coronary angiography are direct actions and cannot be effectively blocked by premedication with atropine.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009431 Neural Conduction The propagation of the NERVE IMPULSE along the nerve away from the site of an excitation stimulus. Nerve Conduction,Conduction, Nerve,Conduction, Neural,Conductions, Nerve,Conductions, Neural,Nerve Conductions,Neural Conductions
D001919 Bradycardia Cardiac arrhythmias that are characterized by excessively slow HEART RATE, usually below 50 beats per minute in human adults. They can be classified broadly into SINOATRIAL NODE dysfunction and ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK. Bradyarrhythmia,Bradyarrhythmias,Bradycardias
D003864 Depression, Chemical The decrease in a measurable parameter of a PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS, including cellular, microbial, and plant; immunological, cardiovascular, respiratory, reproductive, urinary, digestive, neural, musculoskeletal, ocular, and skin physiological processes; or METABOLIC PROCESS, including enzymatic and other pharmacological processes, by a drug or other chemical. Chemical Depression,Chemical Depressions,Depressions, Chemical
D003973 Diatrizoate A commonly used x-ray contrast medium. As DIATRIZOATE MEGLUMINE and as Diatrizoate sodium, it is used for gastrointestinal studies, angiography, and urography. Amidotrezoate,Amidotrizoate,Benzoic acid, 3,5-bis(acetylamino)-2,4,6-triiodo-,Diatrizoate Sodium,Diatrizoic Acid,Hypaque,Hypaque 50,Sodium Diatrizoate,Sodium-Magnesium Diatrizoate,Urogranoic Acid,Urothrast,Urotrast,Diatrizoate, Sodium,Diatrizoate, Sodium-Magnesium
D003974 Diatrizoate Meglumine A versatile contrast medium used for DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY RADIOLOGY. Diatrizoate Methylglucamine,Diatrizoic Acid Methylglucamine,Meglumine Diatrizoate,Methylglucamine Diatrizoate,Amidotricoic Acid,Amidotrizoic Acid,Angiografin,Gastrograffin,Gastrografin,Gastrographin,Ioxeol,Meglumine Amidotrizoate,Reno 60,Reno M-Dip,Renograffin,Renografin,Renografin M-76,Sinografin,Triombrast,Triombrin,Urografin,Urografin 76,Urovist,Verografin,Amidotrizoate, Meglumine,Diatrizoate, Meglumine,Diatrizoate, Methylglucamine,Meglumine, Diatrizoate,Methylglucamine, Diatrizoate,Methylglucamine, Diatrizoic Acid,Reno M Dip,Reno MDip,Renografin M 76,Renografin M76
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D004305 Dose-Response Relationship, Drug The relationship between the dose of an administered drug and the response of the organism to the drug. Dose Response Relationship, Drug,Dose-Response Relationships, Drug,Drug Dose-Response Relationship,Drug Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Drug Dose-Response,Relationships, Drug Dose-Response
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D006329 Heart Conduction System An impulse-conducting system composed of modified cardiac muscle, having the power of spontaneous rhythmicity and conduction more highly developed than the rest of the heart. Conduction System, Heart,Conduction Systems, Heart,Heart Conduction Systems,System, Heart Conduction,Systems, Heart Conduction
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse

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