Importance of calcium for the vulnerability to ventricular fibrillation detected by premature ventricular stimulation: Single pulse versus sequential pulse methods

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1059-1072

  Zaugg, Christian E ^a   Wu, Shao T ^a   Lee, Randall J ^a   Parmley, William W ^a   Buser, Peter T ^a   Wikman Coffelt, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmic drugs; Indo 1; Intracellular calcium; Programmed stimulation; Ventricular fibrillation threshold; Vulnerable period

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM ION; INDO 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUOROMETRY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030014404     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1996.0098     Document Type: Article

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