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. 1992 Mar;105(3):696–702. doi: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1992.tb09041.x

Positive inotropic and negative chronotropic effects of (-)-cis-diltiazem in rat isolated atria.

Y Nasa 1, K Ichihara 1, R Yoshida 1, Y Abiko 1
PMCID: PMC1908429  PMID: 1378343

Abstract

1. The cardiovascular effects of (-)-cis-diltiazem, an optical isomer of diltiazem, were studied in the isolated atrium and aortic strip. (-)-cis-Diltiazem (30 microM or more) increased the developed tension of the rat left atrium, while (+)-cis-diltiazem (1 microM or more) decreased it. 2. (-)-cis-Diltiazem (1 to 100 microM) decreased the rate of spontaneous beating in the right atrium as did (+)-cis-diltiazem. 3. The potency of the positive inotropic action of (-)-cis-diltiazem was almost the same as that of ouabain in the rat left atrium, but in the guinea-pig left atrium it was considerably weaker than that of ouabain. 4. In both endothelium-intact and endothelium-denuded aortic strips, (-)-cis-diltiazem relaxed the Ca(2+)-induced contraction. In the endothelium-intact rat aortic strip depolarized by 15 mM KCl, Bay K 8644, a calcium channel agonist, increased the contractile force, whereas (-)-cis-diltiazem did not. 5. These results indicate that (-)-cis-diltiazem has a positive inotropic action in isolated atria in rats and guinea-pigs, but the mode of positive inotropic action of (-)-cis-diltiazem is different from that of ouabain or Bay K 8644.

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