Arrhythmias developing in isolated Langendorff-perfused heart following the cooling of the perfusion solution from +37 to +3 degrees C were studied in rats and winter hibernating ground squirrels Citellus undulatus with application of no drugs. In rats, hypothermia significantly increased the probability of ventricular arrhythmias (from 22 +/- 6 % at 37 degrees C to 56 +/- 14 % at 17 degrees C). Excitation failure was observed in the rat hearts below 10 +/- 1 degrees C. The appearance of arrhythmias was closely correlated with a decrease in the wavelength which strongly suggests a reentrant mechanism of the hypothermic arrhythmias. In contrast, ground squirrels showed insensibility of the wavelength to cooling and were resistant to arrhythmias during hypothermia.

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