New insights into myocardial arrhythmogenesis: Distribution of gap-junctional coupling in normal, ischaemic and hypertrophied human hearts

Clinical Science

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 447-452

  Peters, Nicholas S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connexin43; Gap junction; Human; Hypertrophy; Ischaemia; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; CELL VOLUME; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DOG; GUINEA PIG; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SCAR;

EID: 0029889414     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0900447     Document Type: Review

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