Alteration of the cardiac effects of isoproterenol and propranolol by hypothermia in isolated rat atrium

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 665-668

  Melnikov, Andrew L ^a,b   Løkebø, Jan E ^a,c   Lathrop, David A ^c   Helgesen, Knut G ^a  

^a Kirkenes Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contractile force; Hypothermia; Isoproterenol; Propranolol; Rat atrium; Refractoriness

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPOTHERMIA; INOTROPISM; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

EID: 0030176196     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02078-0     Document Type: Article

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