Antiarrhythmic effects of simvastatin in canine pulmonary vein sleeve preparations

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 986-993

  Sicouri, Serge ^a   Gianetti, Brittany ^a   Zygmunt, Andrew C ^a   Cordeiro, Jonathan M ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; ISOPRENALINE; SIMVASTATIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; REPOLARIZATION; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ISOPROTERENOL; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE CELLS; PULMONARY VEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMVASTATIN;

EID: 79951612690     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2010.08.649     Document Type: Article

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