An improved method of electrode placement in configuration Lead II for the reliable ECG recording by telemetry in the conscious rat

Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-6

  Tontodonati, Marcello ^a   Fasdelli, Nicola ^a   Dorigatti, Roberto ^a  

^a GSK   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Blood Pressure; Conscious; Electrocardiogram; Lead II; Methods; Rat; Rodent; Surgery; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESEARCH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONSCIOUSNESS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRIMATES; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 78650781731     PISSN: 10568719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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