The gap-junctional protein connexin40 is elevated in patients susceptible to postoperative atrial fibrillation

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 842-849

  Dupont, Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Ko, Yu Shien ^a,b,c   Rothery, Stephen ^a,b,c   Coppen, Steven R ^a,b,c   Baghai, Max ^a,b,c   Haw, Marcus ^a,b,c   Severs, Nicholas J ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0035852661     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.6.842     Document Type: Article

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