Cardiac electrophysiological characteristics of the mdx5cv mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Branco, Dorothy M ^a   Wolf, Cordula M ^a   Sherwood, Megan ^b   Hammer, Peter E ^a   Kang, Peter B ^a   Berul, Charles I ^a,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal models; Electrophysiology; Muscular dystrophy

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE REFRACTORY PERIOD; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLTER MONITORING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R WAVE; REFRACTORY PERIOD; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WILD TYPE; X CHROMOSOME LINKED MUSCULAR DYSTROPHIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE;

EID: 36249023650     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-007-9168-z     Document Type: Article

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