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  • Title: Electrophysiologic effects of bupivacaine in the isolated rabbit heart.
    Author: Lacombe P, Blaise G, Loulmet D, Hollmann C.
    Journal: Anesth Analg; 1991 Jan; 72(1):62-9. PubMed ID: 1984378.
    Abstract:
    To assess the direct electrophysiologic effects of bupivacaine, we examined the spontaneous sinus rhythm and induced rapid and premature atrial and ventricular pacing in 11 isolated rabbit hearts perfused in the Langendorff apparatus with varying concentrations (designated by []) of bupivacaine (control, n = 2; 0.3 microgram/mL, n = 3; 1.5 micrograms/mL, n = 3; 3.0 micrograms/mL, n = 3). There was no change in sinus node automaticity or sinus node recovery time at any concentration and no evidence of abnormal automaticity. Depression of conduction was reflected by prolongation of the PR interval at the following concentrations: 1.5 micrograms/mL (65.0 ms before, 96.6 ms after) and 3.0 micrograms/mL (61.6 ms before, 103.3 ms after) and increase in atrial and ventricular pacing thresholds at 3.0 micrograms/mL (atrial: 0.86-8.6 mA, ventricular: 2.0-10.0 mA). No spontaneous tachyarrhythmias occurred; 2:1 spontaneous atrioventricular block (n = 1) and a decrease in maximal paced rate with 1:1 anterograde or retrograde atrioventricular conduction were noted at all concentrations of bupivacaine. Thus bupivacaine did not change automaticity but had a depressant effect on conduction at the atrial, ventricular, and atrioventricular levels, providing a basis for clinically occurring atrioventricular block and reentrant arrhythmias.
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