Haloperidol affects coupling between QT and RR intervals in guinea pig isolated heart

Petr Vesely1, Tibor Stracina2, Miroslava Hlavacova3

  • 1International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's Faculty Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic.

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