Influence of quinidine and flecainide on autonomic nervous activity in thoroughbred horses

Veterinary Record

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 114-116

  Ohmura, H ^a   Hiraga, A ^a   Aida, H ^a   Kuwahara, M ^b   Tsubone, H ^b  

^a EQUINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; FLECAINIDE ACETATE; QUINIDINE SULFATE;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HORSE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; R WAVE; SHORT SURVEY;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037464640     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.152.4.114     Document Type: Short Survey

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