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  • Title: [Clinical experiences with bretylium tosylate].
    Author: Steffen V, Assmann I, Fiehring H.
    Journal: Z Gesamte Inn Med; 1976 Sep 01; 31(17):684-8. PubMed ID: 793213.
    Abstract:
    Because of its antiarrhythmic and antifibrillatory qualities as well as its positively inotropic effect bretylium tosylate increasingly finds interest. The first results of a clinical and haemodynamical mechanocardiographic investigation with bretylium tosylate are presented. In doses between 1.6 and 6.2 mg/kg body weight intravenously and intramuscularly after an initial increase of blood pressure a clear decrease of the systolic system blood pressure develops. The resistance of the peripheral vessels decreases by 10 to 20%. It is an increase of the heart index and the stroke volume index by 10 to 30% to be proved as an expression of a positively inotropic effect. In orientating investigations the antiarrhythmic effect could be confirmed. The side-effects observed cause us to give a strong indication and to observe the patients carefully. The main area of application of bretylium tosylate might be seen in the possibility to achieve a pharmacological defibrillation of the ventricles.
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