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R L Reis

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PubMed1970

Corory vasodilatation following diazepam (Valium).

1. The effects of diazepam (Valium) on coronary and systemic vascular resistance were studied in anaesthetized dogs on cardiopulmonary bypass under conditions of constant heart rate and aortic pressure.2. Pharmacological doses of diazepam uniformly produced coronary vasodilation lasting 30 min; systemic vascular resistance also decreased, but to lesser degree.3. When coronary blood flow was maintained constant at physiological levels, diazepam produced no changes in left ventricular contractility, as assessed by peak LV isovolumetric pressure, dp/dt max, force-velocity, and length-tension relations, whereas previous experiments had demonstrated a positive inotropic effect in a similar preparation in which coronary blood flow was responsive to alterations in coronary vascular resistance.4. In five dogs, complete separation of the coronary and systemic circulations was accomplished by a double pump-oxygenator system; direct intracoronary administration of diazepam produced coronary vasodilatation, but coronary pressure and flow were not altered by administration of diazepam to the systemic circulation.5. It is concluded that diazepam augments myocardial contractility by increasing coronary blood flow. This relationship is independent of extracardiac humoral mechanisms, and appears to require the delivery of diazepam to the coronary circulation.

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PubMed1970

The pharmacological basis of coronary and systemic vasodilator actions of diazepam (Valium).

1. The effects of alpha and beta-adrenoceptor blockade, depletion of catecholamine stores, vagotomy, atropine, and ganglionic blockade on diazepam-induced vasodilatation were investigated in forty-six anaesthetized dogs.2. Coronary blood flow was measured by timed collections of coronary venous efflux from fibrillating, decompressed ventricles; coronary and systemic vascular resistances were determined during total cardiopulmonary bypass under conditions of normothermia and constant aortic (coronary artery) pressure.3. No significant alteration in the vasodilatation produced by diazepam was observed following either vagotomy or alpha-adrenoceptor blockade; partial inhibition of vasodilatation occurred after beta-adrenoceptor blockade or catecholamine depletion, and nearly total inhibition was observed after small doses of atropine or ganglion-blocking agents.4. The results suggest that diazepam may act as a specific ganglion-stimulant, causing active sympathetic and cholinergic vasodilatation.

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