Atrial anti-arrhythmic effects of heptanol in Langendorff-perfused mouse hearts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Tse, Gary ^a   Tse, Vivian ^b   Yeo, Jie Ming ^c   Sun, Bing ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TONGJI HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPTANOL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART REPOLARIZATION; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TACHYCARDIA; 129 MOUSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRECLINICAL STUDY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEPTANOL; ISOLATED HEART PREPARATION; MALE; MICE, 129 STRAIN;

EID: 84960540041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148858     Document Type: Article

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