Sex hormones prolong the QT interval and downregulate potassium channel expression in the rabbit heart

Circulation

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1471-1474

  Drici, Milou D ^a   Burklow, Thomas R ^b   Haridasse, Vedanandam ^a   Glazer, Robert I ^a   Woosley, Raymond L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; hormones; potassium; sex

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QT INTERVAL; RABBIT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029794664     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.94.6.1471     Document Type: Article

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