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  • Title: Anti-ischemic effects of ivabradine, a selective heart rate-reducing agent, in exercise-induced myocardial ischemia in pigs.
    Author: Vilaine JP, Bidouard JP, Lesage L, Reure H, Péglion JL.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Pharmacol; 2003 Nov; 42(5):688-96. PubMed ID: 14576519.
    Abstract:
    The effects of ivabradine, a novel heart rate-reducing agent that inhibits the cardiac pacemaker current If, were compared with those of the beta-adrenergic blocker propranolol, in a model of exercise-induced regional myocardial ischemia in pigs. Five Yucatan micropigs were chronically instrumented to measure hemodynamics, regional myocardial contractility, and local electrograms, and a fixed stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery was induced using a clip. Each animal underwent three experiments on different days, each consisting of two treadmill exercise sessions, 4 hours apart. Ivabradine 5 mg/kg, propranolol 5 mg/kg, or vehicle was administered orally 3 hours before the second exercise session. Exercises before treatment and after vehicle produced reproducible hemodynamic changes and regional myocardial ischemia in the area perfused by the stenosed coronary artery, indicated by ST segment shift and regional contractile dysfunction. Ivabradine and propranolol were equipotent in reducing heart rate at rest and limiting tachycardia during exercise. Ivabradine, unlike propranolol, did not reduce left ventricular contractility at rest or during exercise, and did not increase atrio-ventricular conduction time. Both compounds reduced the exercise-induced ST segment shift in the ischemic region by approximately 80%, but ivabradine preserved systolic shortening to a significantly greater degree than propranolol (P < 0.05).
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