Ranolazine-induced postrepolarization refractoriness suppresses induction of atrial flutter and fibrillation in anesthetized rabbits

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-101

  Aidonidis, Isaac ^a   Doulas, Konstantinos ^a   Hatziefthimiou, Apostolia ^a   Tagarakis, Georgios ^a   Simopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Rizos, Ioannis ^b   Tsilimingas, Nikolaos ^a   Molyvdas, Paschalis Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

acetylcholine; anesthetized rabbits; atrial flutter fibrillation; atrial pacing; monophasic action potentials; ranolazine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; RANOLAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART STIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA;

ACETANILIDES; ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANESTHESIA; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FLUTTER; FEMALE; MALE; PIPERAZINES; RABBITS; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 84871604316     PISSN: 10742484     EISSN: 19404034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074248412453874     Document Type: Article

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