Short-term high frequency electrostimulation (8-10 Hz) of the isolated isovolumic rat heart rapidly increased the rate of pressure rise and drop and the diastolic pressure. At the same time, the relaxation rate constant (RRC), being independent of the developed pressure, remained unaltered. These findings suggested that diastolic pressure rise was not caused by incomplete myocardial relaxation. Doxorubicin (3 μM) moderately reduced the developed pressure, but the relaxation rate constant remained unchanged. The dynamics and degree of changes in all indicators of the cardiac contractile function in high-frequency stimulation were the same as in control. It can be hypothesized that the initial effect of doxorubicin was not related to ionic transport system disturbances in cardiomyocytes.
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Translated from Byulleten’ Eksperimental’noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 169, No. 5, pp. 547-550, May, 2020
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Lakomkin, V.L., Lukoshkina, E.V. & Kapelko, V.I. Reaction of the Heart to High Frequency Stimulation against the Background of Acute Doxorubicin Treatment. Bull Exp Biol Med 169, 619–622 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-020-04940-4
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