It is shown that the nonglycoside cardiotonic drug suphan exhibits antiarrhythmic and antifibfillatory activity, although less pronounced than that of lidocaine. When lidocaine was administered after suphan, the antifibrillatory effects of both preparations increased.
Key Words: suphan; #docaine; arrhythmias; treatmentIt is established that the most common variant of ischemic heart disease, angina pectoris, arises from regional transitory insufficiency characterized by consecutive periods of ischemia and restoration of circulation, i.e., reperfusion. The use of intense perfusion and oxygenation of the myocardium (aortocoronary bypass, coronary angioplastics, fibrinolysis, etc.) can also cause postischemic reperfusion syndrome. This is usually accompanied by ominous cardiac rhythm disturbances, reperfusion arrhythmias, such as ventricular fibrillation (VF), acute heart failure, etc. [5].Recent investigation showed that the nonglycoside cardiotonic drug suphan (N-succine-dl-tryptophan dipotassium salt) exerts antihypoxic and antianginal effects in animals [4], and therapeutic effect in patients with ischemic heart disease complicated by congestive circulatory failure.The aim of the present study was to compare antiarrhythmic and antifibrillatory activity of suphan with that of lidocaine and to evaluate the efficiency of their combination in modeled early occlusion (EOA) and reperfusion (RPA) arrhythmia, including VF.Department of Pharmacology, Kuban Medical Academy, Krasnodar
MATERIALS AND METHODSExperiments were carried out on 140 male Wistar rats (0.155-0.210 kg) and 75 cats (2.6-3.4 kg).Acute toxicity (mean lethal dose, LDs0 ) was determined by injecting the preparations intravenously to rats as described previously [6].In cats narcotized with Nembutal (40 mg/kg, intraperitoneally) and artificially ventilated, the chest was opened and occlusion (30 rain) and reperfusion (10 min) of the descendent branch of the left coronary artery at the level of lower edge of the auricula was performed [3]. The test preparations and their combinations were slowly injected intravenously in isotoxic doses (5, 10, 15, 20, and 30% of LDs0) 5-7 min prior to occlusion of the coronary artery. For evaluation of antiarrhythmic activity, the occurrences of EOA, RPA, and VF were recorded using an EKIT-04 electrocardiograph.The data were processed statistically using )~2 test [ 1 ].
RESULTSAs seen from Table 1, in the control series coronary occlusion led to EOA in 60% of cases, while RPA