A comparative study of the fluoroquinolone antibacterial agents on the action potential duration in guinea pig ventricular myocardia

Japanese Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-234

  Hagiwara, T ^a   Satoh, S ^a   Kasai, Y ^a   Takasuna, K ^a  

^a DAIICHI SANKYO CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action potential duration; Fluoroquinolone; QT prolongation

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GEMIFLOXACIN; GREPAFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SITAFLOXACIN; SPARFLOXACIN; TOSUFLOXACIN; TROVAFLOXACIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; GUINEA PIG; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; QT INTERVAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035207325     PISSN: 00215198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jjp.87.231     Document Type: Article

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