Quinidine elicits proarrhythmic changes in ventricular repolarization and refractoriness in guinea-pig

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 306-315

  Osadchii, Oleg E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Electrical restitution; Proarrhythmia; Quinidine; Refractoriness; Repolarization

Indexed keywords

QUINIDINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART PROARRHYTHMIA; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; REFRACTORY PERIOD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; HEART VENTRICLES; PERICARDIUM; QUINIDINE; REFRACTORY PERIOD, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84880773085     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2012-0379     Document Type: Article

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