Gender and seasonally related differences in myocardial recovery and susceptibility to sotalol-induced arrhythmias in isolated rabbit hearts

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 880-887

  Spear, Joseph F ^a,b   Neil Moore, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed rectifier potassium channel; Long QT interval; Myocardial refractoriness; Triggered activity

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SOTALOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RABBIT; SEASON;

EID: 0033840651     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00067.x     Document Type: Article

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