Ventricular fibrillation threshold during acute ischemia in hypertrophied rat hearts.
Ventricular fibrillation threshold was significantly lower in hypertrophied hearts than in normal hearts. Ischemia produced by coronary occlusion reduced fibrillation threshold in both normal and hypertrophied hearts, but the maximum reduction in fibrillation threshold was observed earlier in hypertrophied hearts.
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Department of Pharmacology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101.
Kimura
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Myerburg
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D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology*