The effect of berberine on arrhythmia caused by stretch of myocardium, in vitro, of rats after myocardial ischemia

Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 683-686

  Cao, Jun Xian ^a   Fu, Lu ^a   Sun, Da Nan ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Berberine; Mechanoelectric feedback; Monophasic action potential; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864402615     PISSN: 16710282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0282.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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