Alteration of gap junctions and connexins in the right atrial appendage during cardiopulmonary bypass

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1106-1112

  Yeh, Hung I ^a,d   Hou, Shou Hsien ^a   Hu, Hsiang Rui ^a   Lee, Yi Nan ^a   Li, Jiun Yi ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^c   Coppen, Steven R ^c   Ko, Yu Shien ^b   Severs, Nicholas J ^c   Tsai, Cheng Ho ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODETECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036894593     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124993     Document Type: Article

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