Efficacy of melissa officinalis in suppressing ventricular arrhythmias following ischemia-reperfusion of the heart: A comparison with amiodarone

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-345

  Joukar, Siyavash ^a,c   Zarisfi, Zahra ^a   Sepehri, Gholamreza ^b,c   Bashiri, Alireza ^d  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Heart; Ischemia reperfusion; Melissa officinalis (lemon balm); Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; NONHUMAN; QRS COMPLEX; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; QRS INTERVAL; QT INTERVAL; ANIMAL; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; WISTAR RAT;

AMIODARONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MALE; MELISSA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84904978894     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363452     Document Type: Article

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