Cardioprotection induced by ischemic preconditioning in the mammalian heart: Effects on arrhythmogenesis

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 316-325

  Lukas, Anton ^a,b   Botsford, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ischemic preconditioning; Monophasic action potentials; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONDITIONING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 0030873383     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y97-025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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