Epinephrine facilitates cardiac fibrillation by shortening action potential refractoriness

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1447-1455

  Tovar, Oscar H ^a,b   Jones, Janice L ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Adrenergic receptors; Catecholamines; Epinephrine; Isolated cells; Ventricular arrhythmia; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENALIN RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031149901     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0387     Document Type: Article

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