Fibrosis of collagen I and remodeling of connexin 43 in atrial myocardium of patients with atrial fibrillation

Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-253

  Luo, Ming Hua ^a   Li, Yu Shu ^a   Yang, Ke Ping ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Connexin; Fibrosis, gap junction

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNEXIN 43;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SINUS RHYTHM;

ADULT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONNEXIN 43; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM;

EID: 33847258075     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095501     Document Type: Article

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