A model of myocardial ischemia for the simultaneous assessment of electrophysiological changes and arrhythmias in intact rabbits

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-36

  Barrett, Terrance D ^a   MacLeod, Bernard A ^a   Walker, Michael J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Monophasic action potentials (MAPs); Myocardial ischemia; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

EID: 0030999702     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1056-8719(96)00145-1     Document Type: Article

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