Changes in the arterial blood pressure, heart rate and normal ECG parameters of rat after envenomation with Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) venom

Human & Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 327-333

  Omran, Mohamed Alaa A ^a   Abdel Nabi, Ismail M ^a  

^a Suez Canal University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

cardiac dysfunction; cobra venom; ECG changes; haemodynamic effects; N. haje; rat

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVENOMATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; R WAVE; RAT; T WAVE; TIME;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; COBRA VENOMS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; MALE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; NAJA; NAJA HAJE HAJE; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030822823     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701600606     Document Type: Article

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