Effects of procainamide and dl-sotalol on the changes of atrial electrophysiology induced by high current stimulation

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11 I, 1998, Pages 2064-2069

  Yu, Wen Chung ^a   Chen, Shih Ann ^a,b   Tai, Ching Tai ^a   Wen, Zu Chi ^a   Feng, An Ning ^a   Ding, Yu An ^a   Chang, Mau Song ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia agents; Electric stimulation; Electrophysiology

Indexed keywords

PROCAINAMIDE; SOTALOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ATRIAL PREMATURE COMPLEXES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROCAINAMIDE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SOTALOL; TACHYCARDIA, ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRY; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME;

EID: 0031784310     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb01124.x     Document Type: Article

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