Effects of imidapril on heterogeneity of action potential and calcium current of ventriclar myocytes in infarcted rabbits

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1458-1463

  Li, Yang ^a   Xue, Qiao ^c   Ma, Jie ^b   Zhang, Cun Tai ^b   Qiu, Ping ^a   Wang, Lin ^b   Gao, Wei ^a   Cheng, Rei ^a   Lu, Zai Ying ^b   Wang, Shi Wen ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Action potential; Calcium channels; Heterogeneity; Imidapril; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; IMIDAPRIL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; HEALING; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART REPOLARIZATION; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; NONHUMAN; RABBIT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL SEPARATION; HEART VENTRICLES; IMIDAZOLIDINES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RABBITS;

EID: 8544283043     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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