Effects of diclofenac on ventricular muscle repolarization: proarrhythmic implications
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Results Diclofenac (30 μM) decreased the amplitude of rapid (IKr) and slow (IKs) delayed rectifier and L-type calcium currents (ICa) without influencing transient outward (Ito) and inward rectifier (IK1) potassium currents. The action potential was slightly lengthened in ventricular muscle but shortened in Purkinje fibres by diclofenac (20 μM). The maximum upstroke velocity (Vmax) was decreased in both preparations. Larger repolarization lengthening was observed when repolarization reserve was impaired by previous BaCl2 application. Diclofenac (3 mg/kg) did not prolong the QTc interval, while the potassium channel blocker dofetilide (25 μg/kg) significantly lengthened QTc in anaesthetized rabbits. The combination of diclofenac and dofetilide significantly prolonged QTc. Diclofenac alone did not induce torsades de pointes ventricular tachycardia (TdP) while TdP incidence following dofetilide was 20%. However, the combination of diclofenac and dofetilide led to a significant increase in the incidence of TdP.
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