Cellular mechanisms of depressed atrial contractility in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 691-698

  Schotten, Ulrich ^a   Ausma, Jannie ^a   Stellbrink, Christoph ^b   Sabatschus, Ingo ^b   Vogel, Miriam ^b   Frechen, Dirk ^b   Schoendube, Friedrich ^b   Hanrath, Peter ^b   Allessie, Maurits A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Contractility; Receptors, adrenergic, beta; Remodeling; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPRENALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM CONTRACTILITY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INOTROPISM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOASSAY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINUS RHYTHM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0035814772     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.5.691     Document Type: Article

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