{"title":"Sotalol: the mechanism of its antiarrhythmic-defibrillating effect.","authors":"M. Manoach,, N. Tribulova","doi":"10.1111/J.1527-3466.2001.TB00062.X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This minireview deals with the role of intercellular communication and synchronization in the initiation and maintenance of ventricular fibrillation. It is proposed that myocardial cell junctions might represent a therapeutic substrate for the prevention of this fatal arrhythmia. This hypothesis is supported by the results of recent experimental studies involving elucidation of the mechanism of antiarrhythmic-defibrillating effects of sotalol. Enhancement of intercellular communication and myocardial synchronization are thought to play critical role in the mechanism of action of this drug.","PeriodicalId":9490,"journal":{"name":"Cardiovascular drug reviews","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cardiovascular drug reviews","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1527-3466.2001.TB00062.X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This minireview deals with the role of intercellular communication and synchronization in the initiation and maintenance of ventricular fibrillation. It is proposed that myocardial cell junctions might represent a therapeutic substrate for the prevention of this fatal arrhythmia. This hypothesis is supported by the results of recent experimental studies involving elucidation of the mechanism of antiarrhythmic-defibrillating effects of sotalol. Enhancement of intercellular communication and myocardial synchronization are thought to play critical role in the mechanism of action of this drug.