Magnesium deficiency alters the threshold for epinephrine-induced arrhythmias during halothane or sevoflurane anesthesia in the rat

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-316

  Crawford, Mark W ^a,b   Ho, David S ^a   Shams, Merajuddin ^a   Gow, Robert ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

anesthetics; arrhythmias; heart; inhaled; ions; magnesium

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; HALOTHANE; MAGNESIUM; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LUNG VENTILATION; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTES; EPINEPHRINE; HALOTHANE; MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 3042654895     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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