Proarrhythmic effects of antidepressants and neuroleptic drugs on isolated, spontaneously beating guinea-pig Purkinje fibers

European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-118

  Studenik, Christian ^a   Lemmens Gruber, Rosa ^a   Heistracher, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Early afterdepolarizations; Guinea pig Purkinje fibers; Neuroleptic drugs; Torsades de pointes

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; DOXEPIN; IMIPRAMINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE FIBER;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; CALCIUM CHANNELS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PURKINJE FIBERS;

EID: 0032926486     PISSN: 09280987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-0987(98)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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