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B D Görlitz, J Wagner, H J Schümann.
Abstract
In the isolated electrically driven guinea-pig atrium the influence of D 600 and nifedipine on the action of noradrenaline was investigated. 1. The calcium-antagonists caused a dose-dependent negative inotropic effect. 10(-7) M of D 600 or nifedipine inhibited the contractile amplitude by 75 and 55%, respectively. 2. In spite of the pronounced negative inotropic effect evoked by the two calcium-antagonists, the maximal response to noradrenaline was not changed. The sensitivity of the myocardium to noradrenaline was only slightly diminished i.e. by a factor of 4.6 and 3 as calculated from the pD2-values. 3. The functional antagonism between noradrenaline and calcium-antagonists, therefore, offers the possibility to overcome cardiac side-effects of calcium-antagonists.Entities:
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Year: 1975 PMID: 1161050 DOI: 10.1007/bf00500536
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol ISSN: 0028-1298 Impact factor: 3.000