Effect of atropine on QT prolongation and torsade de pointes induced by intracoronary acetylcholine in the long QT syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 714-718

  Furushima, Hiroshi ^a   Niwano, Shinichi ^a   Chinushi, Masaomi ^a   Yamaura, Masayuki ^a   Taneda, Koji ^a   Washizuka, Takashi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshifusa ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATROPINE; ISOPRENALINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TORSADE DES POINTES;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATROPINE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; TORSADES DE POINTES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0033105965     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(98)00976-X     Document Type: Article

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