Effects of verapamil on atrial fibrillation and its electrophysiological determinants in dogs

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 85-96

  Bénardeau, Agnès ^a,c   Fareh, Samir ^a   Nattel, Stanley ^a,b  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Ion channels; Mapping; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DILTIAZEM; NADOLOL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; NERVE BLOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DILTIAZEM; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 0035078522     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00201-2     Document Type: Article

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