Cellular mechanism underlying hypothermia-induced ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation in the setting of early repolarization and the protective effect of quinidine, cilostazol, and milrinone

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-142

  Gurabi, Zsolt ^a,b   Koncz, István ^a,b   Patocskai, Bence ^a,b   Nesterenko, Vladislav V ^a   Antzelevitch, Charles ^a  

^a MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitors; ST segment elevation; Sudden cardiac death; Tachycardia; Ventricular; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CILOSTAZOL; MILRINONE; QUINIDINE; VERAPAMIL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III INHIBITOR; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; GENE MUTATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HYPOTHERMIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERFUSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TIME;

ARRHYTHMIA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 3 INHIBITORS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MILRINONE; PERFUSION; PHOSPHODIESTERASE 3 INHIBITORS; QUINIDINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TETRAZOLES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84898856318     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.113.000919     Document Type: Article

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