Discrepancy between increased left ventricular mass and "normal" QRS voltage is associated with decreased connexin 43 expression in early stage of left ventricular hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Journal of Electrocardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 730-734

  Bacharova, Ljuba ^a   Plandorova, Jana ^b   Klimas, Jan ^b   Krenek, Peter ^b   Kyselovic, Jan ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LASER CENTER   (Slovakia)

^b Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

connexin 43; left ventricular hypertrophy; Left ventricular mass; spontaneously hypertensive rats

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QRS COMPLEX; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; DOWN-REGULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART VENTRICLES; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 55649125014     PISSN: 00220736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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