Frequency-dependent effects of 4-aminopyridine and almokalant on action- potential duration of adult and neonatal rabbit ventricular muscle

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-359

  Elizalde, Alejandro ^a   Barajas, Héctor ^a   Navarro Polanco, Ricardo ^a   Sánchez Chapula, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Almokalant; Aminopyridine; Papillary muscle; Ventricular myocytes

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ALMOKALANT;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE;

4-AMINOPYRIDINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLES; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLES; PAPILLARY MUSCLES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROPANOLAMINES; RABBITS;

EID: 0033060813     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-199903000-00002     Document Type: Article

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