The hidden secrets of the hibernator's heart may protect against arrhythmias

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 976-978

  van der Heyden, Marcel A G ^a   Opthof, Tobias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 45;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEFIBRILLATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIBERNATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART BLOCK; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; TACHYCARDIA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 25444449879     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2005.06.028     Document Type: Editorial

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