Wenxin Keli attenuates ischemia-induced ventricular arrhythmias in rats: Involvement of L-type calcium and transient outward potassium currents

Molecular Medicine Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-524

  Wang, Xi ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Gu, Yongwei ^a   Wang, Teng ^a   Huang, Congxin ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

L type calcium current; Patch clamp techniques; Traditional Chinese medicines; Transient outward potassium current; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; CHINESE DRUG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TRANSIENT OUTWARD POTASSIUM CURRENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WENXIN KELIE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; RAT; SPONTANEOUS TRANSIENT OUTWARD CURRENT;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES;

EID: 84873818091     PISSN: 17912997     EISSN: 17913004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2012.1195     Document Type: Article

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