scholarly journals DILTIAZEM INHIBITS HALOTHANE-INDUCED CONTRACTIONS IN MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA-SUSCEPTIBLE MUSCLES IN VITRO

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (10) ◽  
pp. 994-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.K. ILIAS ◽  
C.H. WILLIAMS ◽  
R.T. FULFER ◽  
S.E. DOZIER
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible

Abnormal Action Potential Responses to Halothane in Heart Muscle Isolated from Malignant Hyperthermia-susceptible Pigs

1995 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 947-953. ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Roewer ◽  
Clemens Greim ◽  
Eckhart Rumberger ◽  
Jochen Schulte am Esch
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Action Potentials ◽  
Myocardial Function ◽  
In Vitro Study ◽  
Resting Potential ◽  
Cardiac Symptoms ◽  
Cardiac Dysrhythmias ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible ◽  
The Right

Background During human and porcine malignant hyperthermia (MH), cardiac dysrhythmias and altered myocardial function can be observed. It is unknown whether a primary abnormality in cardiac muscle contributes to the cardiac symptoms during MH. An abnormal response to halothane has recently been demonstrated in action potentials (APs) from MH-susceptible (MHS) human skeletal muscles. We investigated the electrophysiologic properties in trabeculae isolated from the right ventricles of normal (MHN) and MHS pigs. Methods The experiments were performed on electrically stimulated (1 Hz) trabeculae isolated from the right ventricles of MHS and MHN pigs. Resting membrane potentials, APs, and tension were measured with and without the presence of 1% halothane. In addition, the halothane-equilibrated muscles were exposed to caffeine in increasing doses (1, 2, and 4 mM). Results In the absence of halothane, resting potential and AP characteristics in MHS and MHN muscles did not differ significantly. Halothane did not alter resting potentials but produced different alterations in the APs in MHS and MHN muscles, whereas the decrease in twitch tension was identical. In contrast to reductions in the AP amplitude and duration in MHN muscle, halothane produced an enlargement of the APs in MHS muscle. The addition of caffeine caused nearly identical prolongations of AP duration in MHS and MHN muscles. Conclusions This in vitro study demonstrates that halothane produces abnormal alterations in the dynamic electric properties of the ventricular excitable membrane from MHS pigs. These results suggest a latent defect in the myocardium of MHS pigs that becomes apparent in the presence of MH-triggering agents.

HEPARIN FORMULAS CONTAINING CHLOROCRESOL INDUCE CONTRACTURES IN MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA SUSCEPTIBLE SKELETAL MUSCLE IN VITRO

1999 ◽  
Vol 88 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 313S
Author(s):  
M. Anetseder ◽  
L. Ritter ◽  
H. Horbaschek ◽  
E. Hartung ◽  
N. Roewer
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible

Comparison of the In-Vitro Effects of Dibucaine on Skeletal Muscle Specimens from Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible and Normal Patients

2002 ◽  
Vol 96 (Sup 2) ◽  
pp. A76
Author(s):  
Mark U. Gerbershagen ◽  
Frank Wappler ◽  
Marko Fiege ◽  
Ralf Weisshorn ◽  
Jochen Schulte am Esch
Keyword(s):  
Skeletal Muscle ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible ◽  
In Vitro Effects

scholarly journals Muscle Biopsy and In Vitro  Contracture Test in Subjects with Idiopathic HyperCKemia

2008 ◽  
Vol 109 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Malandrini ◽  
Alfredo Orrico ◽  
Carmen Gaudiano ◽  
Simona Gambelli ◽  
Lucia Galli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Muscle Biopsy ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptibility ◽  
Manual Muscle Testing ◽  
In Vitro Contracture Test ◽  
Muscle Testing ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible ◽  
Fiber Size ◽  
Precise Diagnosis

Background Persistent high creatine kinase (CK) levels may reflect underlying subclinical myopathies. In most cases, pathogenesis is unknown and clinical management is unclear. Though clinically asymptomatic, these subjects are potentially susceptible to malignant hyperthermia. Methods The authors analyzed 37 subjects with persistent elevation of CK without significant weakness or other neurologic symptoms. Neurologic examination was performed according to manual muscle testing. Muscle biopsy and the in vitro contracture test were performed in all subjects. Results Twenty-three subjects (51.1%) were completely asymptomatic. The others had minor symptoms such as occasional cramps (11 subjects, 24.4%), fatigue (5 subjects, 11.1%), a combination of cramps and fatigue (5 subjects, 11.1%), and muscle pain (1 case, 2.2%). Muscle biopsy enabled precise diagnosis in 3 cases and was normal in 3 cases. The more frequent changes were variation in fiber size (31.1%), a combination of nuclear internalization and variation in fiber size (26.6%), nuclear internalization (6.6%), minor mitochondrial changes (4.4%), and neurogenic atrophy (4.4%). Immunocytochemical analysis was normal in all patients. In vitro contracture testing detected one malignant hyperthermia-susceptible and one malignant hyperthermia-equivocal subject. Conclusions The evidence of malignant hyperthermia susceptibility by in vitro contracture test seems to be relatively infrequent among subjects with idiopathic hyperCKemia, but the incidence of true malignant hyperthermia in idiopathic hyperCKemia is unknown. Muscle biopsy should be considered a useful, though not very sensitive, diagnostic tool in idiopathic hyperCKemia, because it enables potentially treatable disorders, such as inflammatory myopathies, to be discovered. No uniform morphologic finding typical of idiopathic hyperCKemia or malignant hyperthermia susceptibility was identified by muscle biopsy.

scholarly journals Propofol is a ‘Safe’ Anaesthetic Agent in Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible Patients

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. McKenzie ◽  
K. G. Couchman ◽  
N. Pollock
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia ◽  
Muscle Biopsy ◽  
Anaesthetic Agent ◽  
Anaesthetic Technique ◽  
Malignant Hyperthermia Susceptible ◽  
Therapeutic Procedures ◽  
In Vivo Effects

In this study we investigated in vitro and in vivo effects of propofol in malignant hyperthermia susceptible (MHS) patients in order to assess the safety of propofol infusion as a non-triggering anaesthetic technique for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. In vitro, human MHS muscle samples were exposed to propofol and changes in (a) baseline tension and (b) contracture tension on exposure to halothane and caffeine were measured. In vivo, (a) anaesthesia was induced in ten muscle biopsy positive MHS patients with propofol 2.5 mg/kg and (b) anaesthesia was produced in five muscle biopsy positive MHS patients with infusions of propofol up to 10 mg/kg/hr. In vitro, human MHS muscle did not develop contractures with propofol alone. Propofol had no significant effect on contracture development in response to halothane and caffeine. In vivo, no evidence of an MH response was detected following induction or maintenance of anaesthesia with propofol. Our results and literature review are in agreement that propofol is a ‘safe’ induction and maintenance agent in MHS patients. Propofol can be used for muscle biopsy anaesthesia because it does not alter the sensitivity of diagnostic muscle biopsy testing.

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