Actions of lidocaine on reentrant ventricular rhythms in the subacute myocardial infarction period in dogs

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 1 41-1, 1997, Pages

  Yin, Hong ^a   El Sherif, Nabil ^a   Caref, Edward B ^a   Ndrepepa, Gjin ^a   Levin, Richard ^a   Isber, Nidal ^a   Stergiopolus, Kathleen ^a   Assadi, Mahshid A ^a   Gough, William B ^a   Restivo, Mark ^a,b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antiarrhythmic agent; heart conduction system; proarrhythmia; reentry; refractoriness; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 33750701490     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.1.h299     Document Type: Article

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