Nitric oxide delays atrial tachycardia-induced electrical remodelling in a sheep model

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 747-754

  Lenaerts, Ilse ^a   Holemans, Patricia ^a   Pokreisz, Peter ^a   Sipido, Karin R ^a   Janssens, Stefan ^b   Heidbchel, Hein ^b   Willems, Rik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atrial tachycardia; Electrical remodelling; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; LINSIDOMINE; MOLSIDOMINE; N OMEGA NITRO LEVO ARGININE METHYLESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SHEEP; TACHYCARDIA, ECTOPIC ATRIAL;

EID: 79955370279     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur021     Document Type: Article

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