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  • Title: Comparative effects of inotropic agents on coronary and systemic hemodynamics of conscious dogs: actions of milrinone, dopamine, ouabain and MCI-154.
    Author: Al-Wathiqui MH, Shimshak TM, Brooks HL, Preuss KC, Wynsen JC, Gross GJ, Warltier DC.
    Journal: Pharmacology; 1988; 36(4):217-27. PubMed ID: 3380877.
    Abstract:
    The hemodynamic actions of a new inotropic agent, MCI-154, were compared to dopamine, ouabain and milrinone in conscious, chronically instrumented dogs. MCI-154 and milrinone produced similar hemodynamic changes: increases in heart rate, diastolic coronary blood flow velocity and peak positive dP/dt. Neither agent had significant effects on arterial pressure while both drugs reduced left ventricular end-diastolic pressure in a dose-related fashion and myocardial segment length, indicating a decrease in diastolic left-ventricular size. MCI-154 was found to be approximately twice as potent as milrinone. In contrast, dopamine and ouabain produced little change in left ventricular end-diastolic pressure or myocardial segment length during diastole, while both drugs produced increases in arterial and left ventricular systolic pressures. An increase in left ventricular afterload was not observed with either MCI-154 or milrinone, highlighting an important advantage of the latter compounds.
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