New mechanism of antiarrhythmic drug action: Increasing L-type calcium current prevents reentrant ventricular tachycardia in the infarcted canine heart

Circulation

Volumn 102, Issue 19 SUPPL., 2000, Pages 2417-2425

  Cabo, C ^a   Schmitt, H ^a   Wit, A L ^a  

^a Coll Phys/Surg of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Antiarrhythmia agents; Calcium; Ion channels; Mapping; Myocardial infarction; Tachycardia

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 CYANO 1,4 DIHYDRO 6 METHYL 4 (3 PHENYL 5 QUINOLINYL) 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ION CHANNEL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG MECHANISM; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

EID: 0034619574     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.102.19.2417     Document Type: Article

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