Volume 52 Issue 4, April 2023

Impact of anesthesia on mouse cardiac electrophysiology

In vivo cardiac electrophysiology studies in mice are useful for studying the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and identifying therapies. However, most procedures are invasive and require anesthesia, which can affect cardiac parameters. In a new article, Tomsits et al. compared the effects of two narcosis regimens on mouse cardiac electrophysiology to determine which regimen is more suitable for electrophysiology and arrhythmia studies.

See Tomsits et al.

ECG image: Philipp Tomsits. Illustration and cover design: Marina Spence