Seizures following hippocampal kindling induce QT interval prolongation and increased susceptibility to arrhythmias in rats

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 216-219

  Bealer, Steven L ^a   Little, Jason G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Intractable epilepsy; Repolarization abnormality; SUDEP

Indexed keywords

BROMETHOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC STATE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; KINDLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; QT PROLONGATION; RAT; SEIZURE; SUDDEN DEATH;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878449485     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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