Cardiovascular research
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Cardiovascular research · Nov 1994
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialDofetilide reduces the incidence of ventricular fibrillation during acute myocardial ischaemia. A randomised study in pigs.
The aim was to investigate whether dofetilide, a new selective cardiac potassium channel blocker, would reduce the incidence of ischaemia induced ventricular fibrillation in closed chest pigs. ⋯ Dofetilide significantly reduces the incidence of ischaemia induced ventricular fibrillation in closed chest pigs.