Relationship of Plasma Digitoxin and Digoxin to Cardiac Response Following Intravenous Digitalization in Man
- 1 December 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation
- Vol. 42 (6), 1065-1072
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.42.6.1065
Abstract
The value of plasma digitalis determinations will depend upon the accuracy with which they mirror the myocardial effects of digitalis. Ten volunteers received 0.8 mg of digitoxin intravenously, and after 2 hours the mean plasma digitoxin level was 45.6 ± 6 mµg/ml but declined over 4 to 6 hours during plasma-tissue equilibration. The cardiac response, as indicated by decreases in the left ventricular ejection time index (LVETI) and Q-S2 intervals (P < 0.01), was present at 2 hours and reached maximum at 4 to 6 hours. Subsequently, plasma level, LVETI, and Q-S2 changed in the same direction during slow excretion. Six subjects received 1.0 mg of digoxin intravenously. Mean plasma digoxin at 30 min was 6.8 ± 0.3 mµg/ml; it fell after 3 to 4 hours to levels usually seen during maintenance digoxin administration (P < 0.01). The half-life (T½) for the dominant slope of the plasma curve was 30.5 hours by plasma determinations and 29 hours by LVETI determination. Plasma levels of digitoxin and digoxin were related to their cardiac effects under the conditions studied. Prior to plasma-tissue equilibration, plasma determinations of digoxin and digitoxin will be higher than levels seen during maintenance administration of these drugs.Keywords
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