Larger dispersion of INa in female dog ventricle as a mechanism for gender-specific incidence of cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-89

  Barajas Martinez, Hector ^a   Haufe, Volker ^a   Chamberland, Caroline ^a   Roy, Marie Josée Blais ^a   Fecteau, Marie Hélène ^a   Cordeiro, Jonathan M ^b   Dumaine, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Male; Sodium current; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; TESTOSTERONE; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; CASTRATED MALE; DOG; ENDOCARDIUM; EPICARDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART REPOLARIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; INCIDENCE; LONG QT SYNDROME; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SODIUM CURRENT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; HEART FUNCTION TEST; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; ENDOCARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERICARDIUM; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 57849122578     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvn255     Document Type: Article

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