Differences in distribution of fibrosis in the ventricles underlie dominant arrhythmia vulnerability of the right ventricle in senescent mice

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 356-358

  Noorman, M ^a,b   Van Rijen, H V M ^a   Van Veen, T A B ^a   De Bakker, J M T ^a,b,c   Stein, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collagen; Conduction; Gap junction; Mapping; Tachyarrhythmia

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; COLLAGEN; CONNEXIN 43; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOCARDIUM; EXCITATION; FIBROSIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STAINING;

EID: 58149218372     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03086178     Document Type: Article

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