Streptozotocin diabetes protects against arrhythmias in rat isolated hearts: Role of hypothyroidism

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 435, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 269-276

  Zhang, Liqun ^a   Parratt, James R ^a   Beastall, Graham H ^b   Pyne, Nigel J ^a   Furman, Brian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Diabetes; Heart, ex vivo; Hypothyroidism; Ischaemia reperfusion, rat; Streptozotocin

Indexed keywords

INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; LIOTHYRONINE; PROTEIN KINASE C; STREPTOZOCIN; THIAMAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUM TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART; HEART RATE; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INSULIN; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; METHIMAZOLE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; ORGAN SIZE; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOZOCIN; THYROID HORMONES; TRIIODOTHYRONINE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037169167     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(01)01398-X     Document Type: Article

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