Effect of phenylephrine with and without atropine on QT dispersion in healthy normotensive men

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-74

  Yee, Kok Meng ^a   Lim, Pitt O ^a   Ogston, Simon A ^b   Struthers, Allan D ^a  

^a Dept Ofclinical Pharmacol T ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART RATE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUDDEN DEATH; VOLUNTEER;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIA; ATROPINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0033966490     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00609-8     Document Type: Article

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