Eicosapentaenoic acid reduces the pulmonary vein arrhythmias through nitric oxide

Life Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 129-136

  Suenari, Kazuyoshi ^a,d   Chen, Yao Chang ^e   Kao, Yu Hsun ^b,c   Cheng, Chen Chuan ^f   Lin, Yung Kuo ^b,c   Kihara, Yasuki ^a   Chen, Yi Jen ^b,c   Chen, Shih Ann ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^f CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrophysiology; Fatty acids; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; RABBIT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PULMONARY VEINS; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79959991688     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2011.05.013     Document Type: Article

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