Cardiotoxicity of histamine and the possible role of histamine in the arrhythmogenesis produced by certain antihistamines

Drug Safety

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 33-38

  Llenas, Jesús ^a   Cardelús, Ignasi ^a   Heredia, Ascensión ^a   De Mora, Fernando ^b   Gristwood, Robert W ^c  

^a Almirall Prodesfarma SA ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Stevenage Biosciences Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ASTEMIZOLE; CETIRIZINE; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; CIMETIDINE; CYTOCHROME P450 INHIBITOR; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; EBASTINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE H1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR; HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR; KETOCONAZOLE; LORATADINE; TERFENADINE;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ACCUMULATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033455516     PISSN: 01145916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00002018-199921001-00005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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