Altered pattern of connexin40 distribution in persistent atrial fibrillation in the goat

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 596-607

  Van Der Velden, Huub M W ^a   Van Kempen, Marjan J A ^a   Wijffels, Maurits C E F ^b   Van Zijverden, Maaike ^a   Groenewegen, W Antoinette ^a   Allessie, Maurits A ^b   Jongsma, Habo J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Conduction; Connexin; Expression; Gap junction; Goat

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM MAPPING; GOAT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031867357     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.1998.tb00940.x     Document Type: Article

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