Age-dependent myocardial reinduction of apoptosis inhibitors under VAD in heart failure

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 268-272

  Scheubel, R J ^a   Bartling, B ^a   Stein, S ^b   Dormer, D ^b   Holtz, J ^b   Pregla, R ^c   Hetzer, R ^c   Koerfer, R ^d   Zerkowski, H R ^e   Silber, R E ^a  

^a Clinic for Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Apoptosis; Gene expression; Heart failure; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART WORK; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AGE FACTORS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0034764917     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-17798     Document Type: Article

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