The heart rate-corrected QT interval of conscious beagle dogs: A formula based on analysis of covariance

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-258

  Spence, Stan ^a   Soper, Keith ^a   Hoe, Chao Min ^a   Coleman, John ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bazett's equation; Beagle; Class III antiarrhythmic; Covariate analysis; Dog; Fridericia's equation; Heart rate; L(k); L(ks); L 768,673; QT; QT(c); Van de Water's equation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART RATE; NONHUMAN; QT INTERVAL; TACHYCARDIA; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0031739615     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/toxs.1998.2529     Document Type: Article

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