Characteristics of the effect of different cardiovasotropic preparations on the contractility of separate sections of the myocardium in acute coronary occlusion

In acute experiments on cats, the effect of nitroglycerin (0,5 mg/kg), obsidan (0,5 mg/kg) and adrenaline (0,005 mg/kg) on the contractility of various segments of the myocardium in acute ischemia state was studied. It is shown that nitroglycerin increases the contractility of the border zone and decreases the compensatory hyperfunction of intact myocardial zones. Obsidan reduces the contractility of all the zones and adrenaline suppresses the border zone contractility despite the marked growth of contractile function of the intact zones and of the heart on the whole. The central-ischemic myocardial zone responded weakly to drug action.