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Effects of ranitidine and cimetidine on experimentally induced ventricular arrhythmias in anaesthetized rats

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The effects of two histamine H2-receptor antagonists, ramitidine and cimetidine, on ventricular arrhythmias induced by acute coronary artery ligation and by aconitine infusion were studied in pentobarbitone-anaesthetized rats. The changes in arterial blood pressure and heart rate were also observed. It was found that both drugs significantly reduced the incidence, and prolonged the time of onset, of ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation following acute coronary artery ligation; however, they did not significantly alter the incidence or time of onset of ventricular dysrhythmias caused by aconitine infusion. These findings further support the hypothesis that histamine release may contribute to the genesis of early ventricular arrhythmias resulting from acute myocardial ischaemia. Since the decreased blood pressure induced by coronary artery ligation was not significantly prevented by pretreatment with either histamine H2-receptor blocker, this suggests that histamine may not be responsible for the blood pressure changes during acute myocardial ischaemia.

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Dai, S. Effects of ranitidine and cimetidine on experimentally induced ventricular arrhythmias in anaesthetized rats. Agents and Actions 17, 460–465 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01965514

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