On the mechanisms of arrhythmias in the myocardium of mXinα-deficient murine left atrial-pulmonary veins

Life Sciences

Volumn 83, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 272-283

  Lai, Yu Jun ^a,b   Huang, Eagle Yi Kung ^a   Yeh, Hung I ^b   Chen, Yen Lin ^a   Lin, Jim Jung Ching ^c   Lin, Cheng I ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioactive agents; Conduction velocity; Fast pacing; Left atrial pulmonary vein tissue; Multi electrode mapping; Murine Xin gene KO; Patch clamp; Triggered and automatic rhythms

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; STROPHANTHIDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; DIASTOLE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART PACING; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PULMONARY VEIN; REENTRY ARRHYTHMIA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATROPINE; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ISOPROTERENOL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIUM; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PULMONARY VEINS; STROPHANTHIDIN;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 48549087054     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2008.06.020     Document Type: Article

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