Human inward rectifier potassium channels in chronic and postoperative atrial fibrillation

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 397-404

  Dobrev, Dobromir ^a,b   Wettwer, Erich ^a   Kortner, Ariane ^a   Knaut, Michael ^a   Schüler, Stephan ^a   Ravens, Ursula ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial function; Gene expression; K channel

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GBETA3 GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HEART DISEASES; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036221162     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(01)00555-7     Document Type: Article

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