Gap junction uncoupling protects the heart against ischemia

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 371-376

  Saltman, Adam E ^a   Aksehirli, Tunc O ^a   Valiunas, Virginijus ^a   Gaudette, Glenn R ^a   Matsuyama, Nanristu ^a   Brink, Peter ^a   Krukenkamp, Irvin B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIACETYL OXIME; GLIBENCLAMIDE; HEPTANOL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; GAP JUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0036672683     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124239     Document Type: Article

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