Acidification alters antiarrhythmic drug blockade of the ether-a-go-go-related gene (HERG) channels

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 209-212

  Dong, De Li ^a   Li, Zhe ^a   Wang, Hui Zhen ^b   Du, Zhi Min ^a   Song, Wei Hua ^a   Yang, Bao Feng ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; AZIMILIDE; DOFETILIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; QUINIDINE;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; IC 50; OOCYTE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

EID: 2442658919     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-7843.2004.pto940503.x     Document Type: Article

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