Why the study?
Does chronic tolbutamide administration improve myocardial contractility during ischemia and reperfusion in diabetic rat hearts?
Population
Male Sprague-Dawley rats with insulin-dependent diabetes or non-insulin-dependent diabetes, and non-diabetic…
Comparison
Tolbutamide 100 mg/kg/day via orogastric tube… vs Untreated IDDM and NIDDM rats, and non-diabetic…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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May improve contractility in diabetic rat ischemia-reperfusion models; hypothesis-generating, should not yet change practice.
Does chronic tolbutamide administration improve myocardial contractility during ischemia and reperfusion in diabetic rat hearts?
Chronic tolbutamide administration improves myocardial contractility during ischemia and reperfusion in diabetic rat models, independent of glycemic control.
Oshiro et al. (1991) studied this question.
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