Comparison of expression of connexin in right atrial myocardium in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation versus those in sinus rhythm

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 678-683

  Nao, Tomoko ^a   Ohkusa, Tomoko ^a   Hisamatsu, Yuji ^a   Inoue, Noriko ^a   Matsumoto, Tomo ^a   Yamada, Jutaro ^a   Shimizu, Akihiko ^a   Yoshiga, Yasuhiro ^a   Yamagata, Toshihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Shigeki ^a   Yano, Masafumi ^a   Hamano, Kimikazu ^a   Matsuzaki, Masunori ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DOWN REGULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 0037443756     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)03403-3     Document Type: Article

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