Myocardial Hibernation: A Double-Edged Sword

Circulation Research

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1005-1007

  Heusch, Gerd ^a   Sipido, Karin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Hibernating myocardium; Ischemic heart disease; Remodeling; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONNEXIN 43; GLYCOGEN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGE PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

ADAPTATION; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL HIBERNATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIA; CORONARY STENOSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL STUNNING; SWINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 2342581504     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000128071.90075.e3     Document Type: Editorial

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