Interaction of Androgens with Cardiotonic Drugs in Isolated Left Atrium of Rat

Pharmacology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 118-122

  Secades, Lorena ^a   Cortina, Rosario ^b   Velasco, Lucía ^a   Bordallo, Javier ^c   Hidalgo, Agustín ^a,c   Sánchez, Manuel ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

^c Inst Univ de Oncología   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgens; Atrium; Inotropic agents; Myocardial contraction; Nongenomic effects

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM) INHIBITOR; ANDROGEN; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; OUABAIN; VANADIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; INOTROPISM; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AMILORIDE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OUABAIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SPAIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VANADATES;

EID: 0442324658     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074974     Document Type: Article

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