Eleclazine, a new selective cardiac late sodium current inhibitor, confers concurrent protection against autonomically induced atrial premature beats, repolarization alternans and heterogeneity, and atrial fibrillation in an intact porcine model
Eleclazine, a new selective cardiac late sodium current inhibitor, confers concurrent protection against autonomically induced atrial premature beats, repolarization alternans and heterogeneity, and atrial fibrillation in an intact porcine model
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10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.04.015
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2016-08-01
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5.5
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Verrier, Richard L.
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Fuller, Henrique;Justo, Fernanda;Verrier, Richard L.
BACKGROUND The cardiac late sodium current (INa) has been increasingly implicated in the initiation of atrial fibrillation (AF). Eledazine (formerly known as GS-6615) is a new selective late INa inhibitor and is undergoing clinical testing for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.OBJECTIVE We tested whether late INa inhibition by eledazine confers protection against atrial premature beats (APBs) and AF.METHODS In dosed-chest anesthetized Yorkshire pigs, epinephrine (2.0 mu g/kg, intravenous, bolus over 1 minute) was administered alone to induce APBs (n = 6) or in combination with intrapericardial acetylcholine (0.5-4 mL of 12.5 mM solution) to induce spontaneous AF (n = 11). Effects of eledazine (0.3 and 0.9 mg/kg, intravenous, over 15 minutes) on APBs and AF were determined.RESULTS Epinephrine-induced APBs were reduced >3-fold (P