Pravastatin Inhibits Arrhythmias Induced by Coronary Artery Ischemia in Anesthetized Rats

• Main Authors: Jianguang Chen (Author), Hua Shen (Author), Yoshinobu Nagasawa (Author), Kazuhiro Mitsui (Author), Kunio Tsurugi (Author), Keitaro Hashimoto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We have reported that chronically administered pravastatin prevented coronary artery reperfusion-induced lethal ventricular fibrillation (VF) in anesthetized rats without lowering the serum cholesterol level. The present study was undertaken to evaluate whether pravastatin prevents ischemia-induced...