Effects of chronic exercise on myocardial refractoriness: A study on isolated rabbit heart

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-339

  Such, L ^a,c   Alberola, A M ^a   Such Miquel, L ^a   Lopez L ^a   Trapero, I ^a   Pelechano, F ^a   Gomez Cabrera M C ^a   Tormos, A ^b   Millet, J ^b   Chorro, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heart electrophysiology; Physical training

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PACING; HEART RATE; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART WEIGHT; ISOLATED HEART; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; CHAPERONIN 60; HEART; HEART RATE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RABBITS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION;

EID: 48449096016     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2008.01851.x     Document Type: Article

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