Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Rabbit Atrioventricular Conduction Axis by Combining Histological, Desmin, and Connexin Mapping Data

Circulation

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1172-1179

  Ko, Yu Shien ^a   Yeh, Hung I ^c   Ko, Yu Lin ^a   Hsu, Yu Chun ^b   Chen, Chin Fen ^a   Wu, Semon ^a   Lee, Ying Shiung ^a   Severs, Nicholas J ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Conduction; Immunohistochemistry; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45; DESMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE; HIS BUNDLE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; STAINING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BUNDLE OF HIS; CONNEXINS; DESMIN; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RABBITS;

EID: 1542409286     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000117233.57190.BD     Document Type: Article

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