Combination therapy with mexiletine and sotalol suppresses inherited ventricular arrhythmias in German shepherd dogs better than mexiletine or sotalol monotherapy: A randomized cross-over study

Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-106

  Gelzer, Anna R M ^a   Kraus, Marc S ^a   Rishniw, Mark ^a   Hemsley, Shari A ^a   Moïse, N Sydney ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

German shepherd dog; Mexiletine; Sotalol; Spontaneous variability; Ventricular arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

MEXILETINE; SOTALOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFICACY; ECTOPIA CORDIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; MALE; MEXILETINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOTALOL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77955919159     PISSN: 17602734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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