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H Lublin

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Left ventricular function after myocardial infarction: relation between systolic time intervals and quantitative ischaemic ECG changes.

Twentyfour male patients with sustained myocardial infarction (MI) were studied with 12-lead ECG and systolic time intervals (STI) 5 months after the acute episode. From the ECGs were calculated the summed voltages of the R wave (sigma R), the Q wave (sigma Q), and the ST segment deviation (sigma ST). These ischaemic ECG variables were correlated with the STI parameters of left ventricular function: LVETI, PEP and PEP/LVET. Statistically significant regression equations relating the ECG changes to the STI variables were found in anterior MI, for sigma ST in the entire series, but not in inferior MI. Thus a simple and rapid inspection of the resting 12-lead ECG gives an indirect but reliable quantitative estimate of left ventricular function in patients with a sustained myocardial infarction.

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MK-801-induced dystonia in cebus monkeys.

MK-801 (dizocilpine), a noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate antagonist, induces dystonia in monkeys at doses of 0.08 mg/kg. This syndrome was tested with the dopamine D1 receptor antagonist NNC 756, the DA D2 receptor antagonist raclopride, the atypical antipsychotic clozapine, the dopamine D1 receptor agonist SKF 81297, the dopamine D2/D3 receptor agonist quinpirole, the anticholinergic biperiden, amphetamine, and the benzodiazepine midazolam in 7 Cebus apella monkeys previously treated with dopaminergic agents. NNC 756 (0.004 and 0.01 mg/kg), raclopride (0.004 and 0.01 mg/kg), SKF 81297 (0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg), quinpirole (0.1 and 0.2 mg/kg), amphetamine (0.25 and 0.5 mg/kg), and biperiden (0.125 and up to 1.0 mg/kg), had no significant effect on MK-801-induced dystonia. In contrast, both clozapine (2.0 mg/kg) and midazolam (0.4 and 1.0 mg/kg) reduced the dystonia caused by MK-801. Dystonia induced by dopamine D1 and D2 antagonists is easily antagonized by biperiden and dopamine agonists, whereas these drugs had no significant effect on MK-801-induced dystonia. It has been proposed that dystonia may be caused by a sudden drop in the output from the basal ganglia that is primarily GABAergic. Midazolam's enhancing effect on the GABAergic tone is consistent with this hypothesis. The effect of clozapine is more difficult to explain, but this drug has a rich pharmacology and suggests an agonistic glutamatergic effect.

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