Definitions
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- adjective Things that affect or change the
heart rate orpulse (i.e. the time between "p waves").
Etymologies
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Examples
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Kinetics of cocaine distribution, elimination, and chronotropic effects.
Cocaine Toxicity 2010
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At doses of 10 micrograms per millilitre, 3-methoxyquertine shows a positive chronotropic effect on the right auricle and an antiarythinic activity on the left auricle of the isolated guinea-pig's heart.
Chapter 12 1991
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Bradykinin induced a positive chronotropic effect via stimulation of T-type and L - type calcium currents in heart cells.
Recently Uploaded Slideshows ShiminWang 2010
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Co-administration with other vasodilators or negative chronotropic agents: Use with caution due to additive pharmacodynamic effects.
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Complete data on the exercise stress test were available for 6456 men; 388 of these were excluded from the analysis because of an ischemic response to exercise or an impaired chronotropic response.
theHeart.org 2009
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I just had a relatively young patient who needed a pacemaker for chronotropic incompetence: her heart couldn't speed up to meet myocardial demand when she exercised.
OnThePharm Loading dose amoxicillin. 2008
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It also provides inotropic effects and chronotropic effects on the heart by increasing intracellular levels of Prevention
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
fbharjo commented on the word chronotropic
pulsating??
February 19, 2011