Effects of delayed rectifier current blockade by E-4031 on impulse generation in single sinoatrial nodal myocytes of the rabbit

Circulation Research

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 607-615

  Verheijck, E Etienne ^a,b   Van Ginneken, Antoni C G ^a   Bourier, Jan ^a   Bouman, Lennart N ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

background current; class III antiarrhythmic agent E 4031; delayed rectifier current; impulse generation; sinoatrial nodal cells

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (6 METHYL 2 PYRIDYL)ETHYL] 4 (4 METHYLSULFONYLAMINOBENZOYL)PIPERIDINE; AMPHOTERICIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; NIFEDIPINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SINUS NODE; SLOW INWARD CURRENT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 0028935894     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.76.4.607     Document Type: Article

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