Amiodarone blocks L-type calcium current in single myocytes isolated from the rabbit atrioventricular node

General Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 429-435

  Hancox, Jules C ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agonist; Amiodarone; Antiarrhythmic agent; Atrioventricular node; Isoprenaline; L type calcium current; Myocyte; Single cell

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ISOPRENALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030753518     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-3623(96)00465-X     Document Type: Article

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