Magnesium abolishes inadequate kinetics of frequency adaptation of the Q-aT interval in the presence of sotalol

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Stark, Gerhard ^a   Schwarzl, Ingrid ^a   Heiden, Ulrike ^a   Stark, Ulrike ^a   Tritthart, Helmut A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Guinea pig; Heart; Magnesium; QT interval; Repolarization; Sotalol; Use dependence

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM SULFATE; SOTALOL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GUINEA PIG; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART RATE; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; MALE; PERFUSION; SOTALOL;

EID: 0030868506     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(97)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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