Effects of azimilide dihydrochloride on circus movement atrial flutter in the canine sterile pericarditis model

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 612-624

  Restivo, Mark ^a   Hegazy, Maha ^a,d   Caref, Edward B ^a   Avitable, Matthew J ^b   Assadi, Mahshid A ^a   El Hamami, Moustafa ^a,d   Yin, Hong ^a   Piracha, Muhammad ^a   Brooks, Robert R ^c   El Sherif, Nabil ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^d ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

animal model; atrial arrhythmia; Class III antiarrhythmic agent; effective refractory period; reentry; single loop reentry

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; AZIMILIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA;

EID: 8944254693     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1996.tb00569.x     Document Type: Article

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