Remodeling of myocardial sleeve and gap junctions in canine superior vena cava after rapid pacing

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 269-280

  Yeh, Hung I ^a   Lai, Yu Jun ^a   Lee, Shih Huang ^b   Chen, Sin Tai ^a   Ko, Yu Shien ^c   Chen, Shih Ann ^d   Severs, Nicholas J ^e   Tsai, Cheng Ho ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Gap junctions; Superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; GAP JUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM PACING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; CONNEXINS; DOGS; GAP JUNCTIONS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33745243863     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-006-0588-1     Document Type: Article

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