Patent ID: 7589117

Claim:
A method for the treatment of arrhythmias, of life-threatening cardiac ventricular fibrillation, of myocardial infarction, of angina pectoris, of ischemic states of the heart, of heart failure or of congestive heart failure, using or administering an effective amount of a compound of formula I: in which R1 and R2 are, independently of one another, hydrogen, alkyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, alkenyl having 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon atoms, alkynyl having 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon atoms, aryl, heteroaryl, F, Cl, Br, I, NO 2 , NH 2 , alkylamino having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, NRaRb, alkylcarbonylamino having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, OH, alkoxy having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, S(O) n R7, CO 2 H, alkoxycarbonyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, alkylcarbonyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, CONH 2 , CONRaRb, CN, polyfluoroalkyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, polyfluoroalkoxy having 1, 2 or 3 carbon atoms or SO 3 H; R1 and R2 themselves optionally being substituted by a linear or branched alkyl group having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms; wherein n is zero, 1 or 2; R3 is hydrogen, aryl, heteroaryl, a group of the Alk-R8 type or cycloalkyl having 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 carbon atoms, in which cycloalkyl is optionally substituted by one or more substituents selected from the group F, Cl, Br or I, Alk is alkyl having of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 carbon atoms in a linear or branched chain, R8 is hydrogen, cycloalkyl having 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 carbon atoms, polyfluoroalkyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, aryl, heteroaryl, OH, alkoxy having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms, CO 2 H, CONH 2 , CONRaRb, NH 2 , alkylamino having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms or NRaRb; R4, R5 and R6 are, independently of one another, hydrogen or a linear or branched alkyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms; R7 is a linear or branched alkyl having 1, 2, 3 or 4 carbon atoms; and Ra and Rb are, independently of one another, defined as R7, or alternatively Ra and Rb form, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a 5- or 6-membered heterocycle optionally containing another heteroatom chosen from O, S or N; and a racemic mixture, enantiomer and diastereomer thereof or a mixture thereof, a tautomer thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.