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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
The electrophysiologic effects of the new antiarrhythmic agent, propafenone, were investigated in 10 mongrel canine neonates, ages 5 to 11 days. Utilizing standard His bundle recording and stimulation techniques, assessments of sinus and atrioventricular (AV) node function and atrial, AV nodal, and ventricular refractory periods were performed prior to (control) and after cumulative intravenous doses of 1, 2, and 4 mg/kg of propafenone. Propafenone depressed the spontaneous heart rate and prolonged the postatrial pacing recovery times. AV nodal function was depressed as manifested by Wenckebach periodicity occurring at slower pacing rates, increases in AV nodal conduction time, and increases in AV nodal refractoriness. Atrial and ventricular refractory periods were prolonged significantly in a dose-dependent fashion. Prolongation of the His-Purkinje conduction time occurred at the highest dose. Thus, propafenone exerts a generalized depressant effect on neonatal myocardial conduction and refractoriness which suggests that this agent may be useful in the therapy of atrial and ventricular dysrhythmias in the immature heart.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0031-3998
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
50-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
The electrophysiologic effects of propafenone hydrochloride in the neonatal canine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't