Conduction, gap junctions, and atrial fibrillation: An eternal triangle?

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 746-749

  Kanagaratnam, Prapa ^a   Peters, Nicholas S ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43;

ANTIBODY LABELING; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART MUSCLE EXCITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SINUS RHYTHM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 11144352425     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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