Changes in the mRNA levels of delayed rectifier potassium channels in human atrial fibrillation

Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 248-255

  Lai, Ling Ping ^a,b   Su, Ming Jai ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^b   Lin, Fang Yue ^b   Tsai, Chang Her ^b   Chen, Yih Sharng ^b   Tseng, Yung Zu ^b   Lien, Wen Pin ^b   Stephen Huang, Shoei K ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Delayed rectifier potassium channels; Potassium channels

Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0033498478     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006982     Document Type: Article

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