Effects of total extract of Dracocephalum moldavica on ischemia/reperfusion induced arrhythmias and infarct size in the isolated rat heart

Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-235

  Najafi, Moslem ^a   Ghasemian, Elham ^b   Fathiazad, Fatemeh ^b   Garjani, Alireza ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Dracocephalume moldavica; Ischemia; Myocardial infarction; Rat; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTONIC AGENT; DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; REPERFUSION INJURY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 85066255273     PISSN: 20083866     EISSN: 20083874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22038/IJBMS.2009.5186     Document Type: Article

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