The Use of Low-Dose Insulin in Cardiogenic Shock due to Combined Overdose of  Verapamil ,  Enalapril  and  Metoprolol

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We describe a case of severe heart failure due to the combined effect of verapamil and enalapril overdose in a patient treated regularly with metoprolol. The patient was dependent for 2 days on glucagon and dopamine infusion but remained oliguric, with deteriorating renal function. Marked improvement in all hemodynamic parameters was noted a short time after initiation of treatment with low-dose insulin infusion (1–2 units/h), which allowed the prompt withdrawal of glucagon and dopamine. We discuss the efficacy of glucose-insulin treatment in toxic cardiac depression and suggest that a low dose may be beneficial in similar cases.

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In heart, glycolysis may be a preferential source of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) for membrane functions. In this study the patch-clamp technique was used to study potassium channels sensitive to intracellular ATP levels in permeabilized ventricular myocytes. Activation of these K+ channels has been implicated in marked cellular K+ loss leading to electrophysiological abnormalities and arrhythmias during myocardial ischemia. The results showed that glycolysis was more effective than oxidative phosphorylation in preventing ATP-sensitive K+ channels from opening. Experiments in excised inside-out patches suggested that key glycolytic enzymes located in the membrane or adjacent cytoskeleton near the channels may account for their preference for glycolytic ATP.

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Beneficial myocardial metabolic effects of insulin during verapamil toxicity in the anesthetized canine.

J Kline, E Leonova, John Raymond (1995)

Myocardial depression from verapamil toxicity may result from alterations in carbohydrate metabolism as well as calcium-channel antagonism. We hypothesized that pharmacologic doses of insulin may be effective in reversing both of these deficits. Randomized, controlled, prospective study. Laboratory of an urban hospital. Thirty mongrel dogs. Thirty mongrel canines were anesthetized with alpha-chloralose. Toxicity was induced by the administration of 0.1 mg/kg/min iv of verapamil, until there was a 50% reduction in mean arterial pressure, for 30 mins (titration), followed by a continuous verapamil infusion of 1 mg/kg/hr. Animals (n = 6 per group) were randomized to the control group (saline only) or to one of four treatment protocols: a) calcium chloride (20 mg/kg), then 0.6 mg/kg/hr; b) hyperinsulinemia-euglycemia (4.0 U/min of recombinant insulin, with arterial glucose concentration clamped to +/- 10 mg/dL [+/- 0.5 mmol/L] of the basal value); c) epinephrine, with a starting rate of 1.0 microgram/kg/min, titrated to maintain left ventricular pressure at basal values; or d) glucagon, a 0.2-mg/kg bolus, followed by a 150-microgram/kg/hr infusion. Animals were monitored until death or 240 mins; infusate volumes were held constant for all groups. During verapamil titration, the myocardial respiratory quotient increased from 0.84 +/- 0.05 to 1.07 +/- 0.11 (p < .05, paired t-test) and myocardial glucose uptake doubled, despite a reduction in cardiac work (p < .05, paired t-test). Net myocardial lactate uptake also increased significantly, excluding myocardial ischemia. In controls, this trend continued, indicating preferential carbohydrate metabolism during untreated verapamil toxicity. Despite hyperglycemia, the plasma insulin concentration was not significantly different in controls (basal value 11 +/- 2 vs. 39 +/- 21 microU/mL at 30 mins). Hyperinsulinemia-euglycemia increased both myocardial glucose and lactate uptake five-fold, and significantly increased the ratio of myocardial oxygen delivery/work, along with superior improvements in maximal left ventricular elastance at end systole compared with other treatments (p < .05 vs. other treatments, contrast analysis). Verapamil toxicity renders the heart dependent on carbohydrate metabolism. Inasmuch as the positive inotropic effects of all treatments were coincident with increased indices of myocardial carbohydrate uptake, adequate treatment of verapamil toxicity appeared to require maximal myocardial carbohydrate utilization. Hyperinsulinemia-euglycemia allows larger increases in myocardial carbohydrate metabolism and myocardial contractility than calcium chloride, epinephrine, or glucagon, resulting in improved survival rates during severe verapamil toxicity.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): CRD

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Cardiology

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0008-6312

Title: Cardiology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 0008-6312

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9751

Publication date Subscription-year: 2006

Publication date (Print): November 2006

Publication date (Electronic): 15 November 2006

Volume: 106

Issue: 4

Pages: 233-236

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Departments of ^aMedicine, ^bCardiology, ^cEmergency Medicine, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

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Publisher ID: 93191 Other ID: Cardiology 2006;106:233–236

DOI: 10.1159/000093191

PubMed ID: 16685130

SO-VID: 5725a612-f42a-4eea-91bc-99e49d8ca881

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Date received : 09 March 2006

Date accepted : 11 March 2006

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Calcium-antagonist drugs.

Glycolysis preferentially inhibits ATP-sensitive K+ channels in isolated guinea pig cardiac myocytes.

Beneficial myocardial metabolic effects of insulin during verapamil toxicity in the anesthetized canine.

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