Conduction abnormalities in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: Basic mechanisms and arrhythmic consequences

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Akar, Fadi G ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXCITABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART PACING; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; TISSUE LEVEL; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS;

EID: 26444500576     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2005.08.002     Document Type: Review

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