Early termination of spiral wave reentry by combined blockade of Na+ and L-type Ca2+ currents in a perfused two-dimensional epicardial layer of rabbit ventricular myocardium

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 684-692

  Ishiguro, Yuko S ^a   Honjo, Haruo ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^b   Okuno, Yusuke ^a   Nakagawa, Harumichi ^a   Yamazaki, Masatoshi ^a   Harada, Masahide ^a   Takanari, Hiroki ^a   Suzuki, Tomoyuki ^a   Morishima, Mikio ^a   Sakuma, Ichiro ^c   Kamiya, Kaichiro ^a   Kodama, Itsuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical mapping; Pilsicainide; Spiral wave reentry; Ventricular tachycardia; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; PILSICAINIDE; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOABLATION; EPICARDIUM; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; SODIUM CURRENT;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; LIDOCAINE; PERICARDIUM; RABBITS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TACHYCARDIA, SINOATRIAL NODAL REENTRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 64649104453     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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