Electromechanical effects of the direct renin inhibitor (aliskiren) on the pulmonary vein and atrium

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 979-993

  Tsai, Chin Feng ^a   Chen, Yao Chang ^a   Lin, Yung Kuo ^c,d   Chen, Shih Ann ^e   Chen, Yi Jen ^b,c,d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aliskiren; Arrhythmia; Calcium transient; Pulmonary vein

Indexed keywords

ALISKIREN; ANGIOTENSIN II; LOSARTAN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RENIN; RYANODINE; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; FLUOROMETRY; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PULMONARY VEIN; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; WHOLE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CALCIUM; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; FUMARATES; HEART ATRIA; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PULMONARY VEINS; RABBITS; RENIN;

EID: 84856692827     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: 14351803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-011-0206-8     Document Type: Article

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