Ventricular arrhythmias triggered by alerting stimuli in conscious rabbits pre-treated with dofetilide

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 142-151

  Nalivaiko, Eugene ^a   De Pasquale, Carmine G ^a   Blessing, William W ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ECG; Long QT syndrome; Sudden death; Venticular arrhythmia; Ventricular repolarization

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOFETILIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPRENALINE; PROPRANOLOL;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ALERTNESS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CAGE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVING; DOSE RESPONSE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; LATENT PERIOD; LOUDNESS; NONHUMAN; QT PROLONGATION; RABBIT; SKIN TINGLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWIMMING; TORSADE DES POINTES; VAGUS NERVE; WATER IMMERSION;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; AROUSAL; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORMALDEHYDE; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; ISOPROTERENOL; MOTION; PAIN; PHENETHYLAMINES; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PREMEDICATION; PROPRANOLOL; RABBITS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 1542315567     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-003-0448-1     Document Type: Article

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