Effects of amiodarone and desethylamiodarone on the inward rectifying potassium current (I(K1)) in rabbit ventricular myocytes

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 914-920

  Bertran, Guillermo C ^a   Biagetti, Marcelo O ^a   Valverde, Esteban R ^a   Quinteiro, Ricardo A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN FAVALORO   (Argentina)

^b Basic Science Research Institute   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amiodarone; Desethylamiodarone; Inward rectifier; Passive properties; Potassium channels; Single myocytes; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; DEETHYLAMIODARONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RABBITS;

EID: 0031779407     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199806000-00016     Document Type: Article

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