cardiac glycoside
cardiac glycoside A generic term for a group of steroid glycosides that includes oubain and digitalis, which increase cardiac output. They act by stimulating systolic contraction of the heart muscle (see SYSTOLE). They can also inhibit in vivo the sodium-pump mechanism of cell membranes.
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