Flecainide and the electrophysiologic matrix: The effects of flecainide acetate on the determinants of cardiac excitability in sheep Purkinje fibers

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1172-1182

  Arnsdorf, Morton F ^a,b   Sawicki, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic drugs; arrhythmias; cable properties; cardiac excitability; cellular electrophysiology; electrophysiologic matrix; flecainide

Indexed keywords

FLECAINIDE ACETATE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HYPERKALEMIA; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030473459     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00496.x     Document Type: Article

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