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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luiz Belardinelli, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert C Wesley, Jr, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Assignee:
The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514821 ;
Abstract
A method to enhance the efficacy of cardioversion, defibrillation, cardiac pacing, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation and to treat post-resuscitation asystole, bradyarrhythmias, electromechanical dissociation, and hemodynamic collapse by administering to a human or animal an effective amount of an adenosine antagonist that competitively inhibits adenosine or that reduces the level of adenosine present in myocardial and vascular tissues and associated fluids.