Transgenic and knockout mouse models of atrial arrhythmias

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 280-286

  Olgin, Jeffrey E ^a,b   Verheule, Sander ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia (mechanisms); Atrial function; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH FACTOR; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG QT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0036220356     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00225-0     Document Type: Review

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