Increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias in hypertensive paraplegic rats

Clinical and Experimental Hypertension

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Rodenbaugh, D W ^a   Collins, H L ^a   DiCarlo, S E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart; Spinal cord injury; Sympathetic; Ventricular refractory period

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; RAT; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; ST SEGMENT; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTENSION; PARAPLEGIA; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 0038176385     PISSN: 10641963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CEH-120023544     Document Type: Article

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