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Using 22 isolated rat ventricular muscle preparations, we investigated whether or not the increase in preload and/or contraction frequency may counteract the negative inotropy of both isoflurane (2.0%) and halothane (1.0%). Increases in preload from 94% of Lmax (the length where muscles produce the maximal tension) to Lmax did not alter significantly the percent decrements in tension development caused by either isoflurane or halothane. The increases in contraction frequency from 0.1 to 0.6 Hz augmented the depressant effect of isoflurane significantly (P<0.001), while the depressant effect of halothane was not altered at these contraction frequencies. Small but significant counteraction occurred in the depressant effects of halothane at 0.8 and 1.6 Hz (P=0.002). These changes in intracellular mechanism(s), resulted from the increase in contraction frequency, interacted with the two anesthetics on tension development, while these may not be the case for the increase in preload.
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Saeki, S., Shimosato, S. & Kosaka, F. Frequency- and length-dependent tension development in rat heart muscles exposed to isoflurane and halothane. J Anesth 5, 338–343 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054010050338
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054010050338