Terikalant modifies the contractility and effective refractory period of heart muscle: Comparative study in rats and guinea pigs

Polish Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 50, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 327-331

  Kocić, Ivan ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contractility; Effective refractory; Papillary muscle; Terikalant

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TERIKALANT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CHROMANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; PIPERIDINES; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031789911     PISSN: 12306002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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