Inhomogenic effect of bepridil on atrial electrical remodeling in a canine rapid atrial stimulation model

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 318-326

  Fukaya, Hidehira ^a   Niwano, Shinichi ^a   Satoh, Daisuke ^a   Masaki, Yoshihiko ^a   Niwano, Hiroe ^a   Kojima, Jisho ^a   Moriguchi, Masahiko ^a   Izumi, Tohru ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Bepridil; Electrical remodeling

Indexed keywords

BEPRIDIL; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL SCN5A; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG WEDGE PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BEPRIDIL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; FEMALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 40949084781     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.318     Document Type: Article

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