ABSTRACT
Aim To investigate the effect of taurine-magnesium coordination compound (TMCC) on elec-trocardiogram of isolated guinea pig hearts, hoping to describe a primary research on its characteristic of anti-short QT syndrome. Methods The isolated guinea pig heart was retrograde perfused using Langendorff tech-nique. In order to determine the effects of TMCC on QT interval, transmural dispersion of repolarization, effective refractory period, instability of RR interval and instability of QT interval in the presence of potassi-um channel opener pinacidil, the electrocardiogram of isolated guinea pig hearts was recorded using Biopac physiological recorder. Results The shortened QT in-terval and the effective refractory period induced by pinacidil could be prolonged by TMCC; the increased transmural dispersion of repolarization induced by pinacidil could be decreased by TMCC; the increased instability of RR and QT interval induced by pinacidil could be decreased by TMCC. Conclusion TMCC has the effects of anti-SQT2 by prolonging the QT inter-val and the effective refractory period, reducing the transmural dispersion of repolarization and instability.
