Apoptosis as a possible cause of gradual development of complete heart block and fatal arrhythmias associated with absence of the AV node, sinus node, and internodal pathways

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1424-1438

  James, Thomas N ^a,e   St Martin, Edward ^b   Willis III, Park W ^c   Lohr, Thomas O ^d  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Ochsner Baptist Medical Center   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Saginaw Bay Internal Medicine Group   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

atrioventricular node; death, sudden; morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART INNERVATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS NODE; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0029922379     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.7.1424     Document Type: Article

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