THE INFLUENCE OF ADRENAL CORTICAL STEROIDS ON CARDIAC NECROSIS PRODUCED BY ISOPROTERENOL

Abstract
Mineralocorticoid therapy with deoxycorticosterone acetate or 9a-fluorocortisol increased the mortality and agravated the heart lesions, but pretreatment with glucocorticoids (cortisone or 9a-fluoro-16-hydrocortisol had no effect.