Reduced susceptibility to epinephrine-induced arrhythmias in cirrhotic rats: The roles of nitric oxide and endogenous opioid peptides

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-439

  Tavakoli, Sina ^a   Hajrasouliha, Amir Reza ^a   Jabehdar Maralani, Pejman ^a   Ebrahimi, Farzad ^a   Solhpour, Amirreza ^a   Sadeghipour, Hamed ^a   Ghasemi, Mehdi ^a   Dehpour, Ahmad R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligation; Cirrhosis; Endogenous opioid peptides; Epinephrine induced arrhythmias; Nitric oxide (NO); Premature ventricular contraction (PVC); QT prolongation; Ventricular tachycardia (VT)

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NALTREXONE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EPINEPHRINE; HEART RATE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33846636380     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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