Refractory patterns and susceptibility to drug-induced polymorphic ventricular tachycardias in dogs with chronic atrioventricular block: Relation to the type of anesthesia

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 651-659

  Voss, Frederik ^a   Schreiner, Kirsten D ^a   Senges, Julia C ^a   Becker, Ruediger ^a   Bauer, Alexander ^a   Kuebler, Wolfgang ^a   Schoels, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Repolarization; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ALMOKALANT; HALOTHANE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADJUVANTS, ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DOGS; DRUG INTERACTIONS; FEMALE; HALOTHANE; HEART BLOCK; MALE; PENTOBARBITAL; PROPANOLAMINES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 0036872327     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200211000-00002     Document Type: Article

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