Polymorphic ventricular tachycardias induced by D-sotalol and phenylephrine in canine preparations of atrioventricular block: Initiation in the conduction system followed by spatially unstable re-entry

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 617-630

  Derakhchan, Katayoun ^a,c   Cardinal, René ^a,c   Brunet, Sylvain ^b   Klug, Didier ^c   Pharand, Chantal ^c   Kuś, Teresa ^a,c   Sasyniuk, Betty I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canine; D Sotalol; Epicardial mapping; Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia; Repolarisation intervals; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PHENYLEPHRINE; SOTALOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BLOCK; PERICARDIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; SOTALOL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0032102756     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(98)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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