Endogenous muscarinic activity attenuates adrenergic inotropic effects in field stimulated atrial myocardium from children with congenital heart defects

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-13

  Borthne, K ^a,d   Langslet, A ^b   Lindberg, H ^c   Osnes, J B ^e   Skomedal, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Barneklinikken RiT   (Norway)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Atrial myocardium; Atropine; Congenital heart defects; Endogeneous acetylcholine; Endogenous noradrenaline

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ATROPINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HEART STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INOTROPISM; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0032946270     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.1999.00459.x     Document Type: Article

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