Cardiac stimulant

Cardiac stimulant

A cardiac stimulant is a substance which acts as a stimulant of the heart -- for example, via positive chronotropic or inotropic action.

An example is cocaine.cite journal |author=Billman GE |title=Intracellular calcium chelator, BAPTA-AM, prevents cocaine-induced ventricular fibrillation |journal=Am. J. Physiol. |volume=265 |issue=5 Pt 2 |pages=H1529–35 |year=1993 |month=November |pmid=8238564 |doi= |url=http://ajpheart.physiology.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=8238564]

Another example is methamphetamine.

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