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The canine model with chronic, complete atrio-ventricular block.
Pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Aug 2008
Oros Avram, Beekman Jet D M, Vos Marc A
Abstract excerpt
Proarrhythmic susceptibility to drug-induced Torsades de Pointes is restricted to individuals with a predisposed phenotype characterized by a reduced repolarization reserve. Additional factors are often involved in a further impairment of repolarization, possibly culminating with dangerous ventricular polymorphic tachyarrhythmias. Drugs that block repolarizing currents represent such an additional hit. The dog...
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