Rate-dependent effects of detajmium and propafenone on ventricular conduction and refractoriness in isolated guinea pig hearts

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 125-131

  Stark, Ulrike ^a   Stark, Gerhard ^a   Poppe, Hildegard ^b   Marx, Degenhard ^b   Schwarzl, Ingrid ^a   Weber, Günther ^c   Decrinis, Martin ^a   Tritthart, Helmut A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Arzneimittelwerk Dresden GmbH   (Germany)

^c KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

Author keywords

Detajmium; Propafenone; Rate dependency; Refractoriness; Time constant

Indexed keywords

DETAJMIUM BITARTRATE; PROPAFENONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AJMALINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; PROPAFENONE;

EID: 0030033633     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199601000-00020     Document Type: Article

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