Open AccessElectrocardiographic and Plasma Potassium Responses Elicited on Cooling the Chest Wall of Man
Author(s) -
Benjamin Kaminer,
Ralph E. Bernstein
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.15.4.559
Subject(s) - medicine , potassium , cardiology , repolarization , electrophysiology , organic chemistry , chemistry
The application of ice to the anterior chest wall in human subjects resulted in retardation of repolarization of the anterior myocardium and was accompanied by a decrease in the plasma potassium. These phenomena were tentatively related to the effects of local cooling of the myocardium.
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