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Does milrinone alter inotropic and chronotropic responses in cardiac preparations from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats compared to controls?
Does milrinone alter inotropic and chronotropic responses in cardiac preparations from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats compared to controls?
In a preclinical model, the positive inotropic and chronotropic responses to milrinone are preserved or enhanced in cardiac tissues from diabetic rats.
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Preserved milrinone responses in diabetic rat atria extend preclinical data; leaves open human relevance and should not alter practice.
We have studied the effects of milrinone on various cardiac preparations obtained from 6-week streptozotocin diabetic rats. The basal rate of spontaneously beating right atrium from diabetics was significantly lower as compared with controls. Milrinone (5 X 10(-5) to 8 X 10(-4) M) produced a dose-dependent positive inotropic and positive chronotropic effect in left atrium and right atrium, respectively. The positive chronotropic response to milrinone was slightly increased in right atria from diabetic animals. In papillary muscle neither the maximum response nor the pD2 value of milrinone was altered significantly in diabetic animals. The pD2 values of milrinone in right atrium and left atrium were found to be significantly higher in diabetic preparations compared with controls. The data indicate that the responses to milrinone are either unchanged or enhanced in hearts from diabetic animals.
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