Effects of potassium channel blockers on changes in refractoriness of atrial cardiomyocytes induced by stretch

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 234, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 779-784

  Qi, Jie ^a,b   Xiao, Junjie ^a,b   Zhang, Yangyang ^c   Li, Jun ^b   Liu, Ying ^b   Li, Pengjuan ^a,b   Liang, Lei ^b   Jiang, Bing ^a   Wen, Wei ^a   Zhao, Cuimei ^a   Liang, Dandan ^b   Liu, Yi ^b   Chen, Yi Han ^a,b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Potassium channel; Refractoriness; Repolarization; Stretch

Indexed keywords

293 B; 4 AP; BARIUM CHLORIDE; DOFETILIDE; DPO 1; GLIBENCLAMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL AFFECTING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORIDES; CHROMANS; GLYBURIDE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHENETHYLAMINES; PHOSPHINES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SULFONAMIDES;

CAVIA;

EID: 67650272809     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/0902-RM-45     Document Type: Article

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