Conduction slowing and sudden arrhythmic death in mice with cardiac-restricted inactivation of connexin43

Circulation Research

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 333-339

  Gutstein, David E ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^c   Tamaddon, Houman ^c   Vaidya, Dhananjay ^c   Schneider, Michael D ^d   Chen, Ju ^e   Chien, Kenneth R ^e   Stuhlmann, Heidi ^b,f   Fishman, Glenn I ^a,b  

^a Cardiovascular Institute   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Conduction; Connexin43; Gap junction

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0035895649     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.88.3.333     Document Type: Article

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